Black Monday (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Black Monday

The first Monday after the school-boys holidays, or breaking up, when they are to go to school, and produce or repeat the tasks set them.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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