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MatC	50584.  Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:41 am Saint Monday: a 19th century expression referring to absenteeism; a worker who failed to turn up for work on Monday, because he was still knackered after a weekend’s revelry, was said to be “keeping Saint Monday.” www.victorianlondon.org/publications/habits-7.htm; www.takeourword.com/TOW114/page1.html

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