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Definition of Good day
1. Noun. A farewell remark. "They said their good-byes"
Generic synonyms: Farewell, Word Of Farewell
Definition of Good day
1. Interjection. (dated US Canada formal) (n-g A somewhat formal greeting generally used between sunrise and sunset.) ¹
2. Interjection. (dated US Canada formal) (n-g A dismissal; sometimes used to express annoyance.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Good Day
Literary usage of Good day
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1897)
"good day for cleaning house. Good for planting. 17. 18. Good dav for Ix'Kinning
harvest. An unlucky day. 18. 19. good day for fishing and repairing Good for ..."
2. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1897)
"good day, uot for wedding of funeral. 2. Gcod day for hair cutting, ... good day
for beginning to build house. 7. good day for wedding and moving house. 8. ..."
3. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"... be made to beat always at one measured rate for the good pleasure of any
time-piece that ever was put together. And so good day to thee, ..."
4. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1882)
"Thursday, March, 31. Fast : By reason of the Kain, my Wife and I sat in the
Meeting house between the Exercises. Had a good day. ..."
5. The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"good day ! ' and he left." STORY OF A NORTH CAROLINA NEGRO.—A slave related this
story to a member of the Twenty-seventh ..."
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