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BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY

Definition: BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY

BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY

1. The time between daylight and candle light.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Specialty Definition: BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY

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Literature

Blindman's Holiday The hour of dusk, when it is too dark to work, and too soon to light candles. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang in 1811

BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY. Night, darkness. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 4C 49 4E 44 4D 41 4E 27 53      48 4F 4C 49 44 41 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000100 01001101 01000001 01001110 00100111 01010011 00100000 01001000 01001111 01001100 01001001 01000100 01000001 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

B L I N D M A N ' S   H O L I D A Y

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 004C 0049 004E 0044 004D 0041 004E 0027 0053      0048 004F 004C 0049 0044 0041 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3646434838473548953242494643383559

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