Banyan-day Definition

noun

(dated, nautical, idiomatic) In British naval tradition, this originally referred to a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship.

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(idiomatic) In modern usage it refers to a picnic or cookout for the ship's crew.

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Singular:

banyan-day

Plural:

banyan-days

Origin of Banyan-day

According to the OED, the term is borrowed from the Banyans in the East Indies, a caste that eat nothing that had life.

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