field day
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field day
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Some postulate the idiomatic usage is derived from the "parade day" military use. A parade is much easier than the soldiers’ usual drilling and intense exercise.
noun field days
- A day for maneuvers and tactical exercises in the field (across the landscape). This morning I got up, with great difficulty, at 6.30, and at 7.45 we started out for a Brigade Field Day. Did an attack from 10.30 to 2.30, but it wasn't a strenuous one for me as I was told to "become a casualty" soon after the 3000 yard assault began ….
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A school day for athletic events.
Similar: sports day
- A day of class taken away from school for a field trip.
- A great time or a great deal to do; a period of bustling activity. They went to the park and had a field day playing on the swings.
- A great time or a great deal to do, at somebody else's expense. The reporters will have a field day with a comment like that.
- A day on which there is top-to-bottom all-hands cleaning.
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Talk about this word "field day." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/field%20day. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. field day. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/field%20day "field day." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/field%20day.Cite this
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title = {field day},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/field%20day},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
