English Dictionary

Saint Monday

固有名詞

歴史的 くだけた表現

(informal, historical, Victorian England) The supposed holiday observed on a Monday morning by well-paid artisans who had been drinking etc the previous day.

日本語の意味

（非公式・歴史的な意味）ヴィクトリア朝時代のイギリスにおいて、前日に酒に酔っていた高給の職人たちが、月曜日の朝に実質的に休日として過ごしたとされる慣習を指す。

Many skilled craftsmen in Victorian England treated Saint Monday as a customary morning off after a night of heavy drinking.

ヴィクトリア朝時代の多くの熟練職人は、前日に酒を飲んでいた裕福な職人たちが月曜の朝に休むとされた俗習を、慣例的な午前中の休みとして扱っていました。

意味（1）

(informal, historical, Victorian England) The supposed holiday observed on a Monday morning by well-paid artisans who had been drinking etc the previous day.

My constant attendance (I never making a St. Monday) recommended me to the master; and my uncommon quickness at composing occasioned my being put upon all work of dispatch, which was generally better paid.