Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a day on which liberty is granted.
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Examples
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As we were to be here over Sunday, and Monterey was the best place to go ashore on the whole coast, and we had had no liberty-day for nearly three months, every one was for going ashore.
Chapter XXVII. The Sunday Wash-Up-On Shore-A Set-To-A Grandee-“Sail Ho!”-A Fandango 1909
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It is a pity that some other arrangement is not made in merchant vessels, with regard to the liberty-day.
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Our forecastle, as usual after a liberty-day, was a scene of tumult all night long, from the drunken ones.
Chapter XXVII. The Sunday Wash-Up-On Shore-A Set-To-A Grandee-“Sail Ho!”-A Fandango 1909
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As we were to be here over Sunday, and Monterey was the best place to go ashore on the whole coast, and we had had no liberty-day for nearly three months, every one was for going ashore.
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869
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Our forecastle, as usual after a liberty-day, was a scene of tumult all night long, from the drunken ones.
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869
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It is a pity that some other arrangement is not made in merchant vessels, with regard to the liberty-day.
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869
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As we were to be here over Sunday, and Monterey was the best place to go ashore on the whole coast, and we had had no liberty-day for nearly three months, every one was for going ashore.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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It is a pity that some other arrangement is not made in merchant vessels, with regard to the liberty-day.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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It is a pity that some other arrangement is not made in merchant vessels with regard to the liberty-day.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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Our forecastle, as usual after a liberty-day, was a scene of tumult all night long, from the drunken ones.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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