Friday face

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English

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Friday being a day of meagre fare among Catholics and High Church Protestants.

Noun

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Friday face (plural Friday faces)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A gloomy or melancholy face.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary