rainy day

noun

1. a time of need or emergency:

   saving money for a rainy day.

rainy day

noun

1. a future time of need, esp financial

Other Words From

• rainy-day adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rainy day¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

There were mats everywhere and it was like a big rainy-day sleepover with most of the cast.

From The Daily Beast

Others are essentially pocketing the cash, stowing it in rainy-day funds or using it to cope with higher spending requirements.

From The Daily Beast

I left the pottering Cather to put ship-shape his cabin (as he now called it) for himself––a rainy-day occupation for aliens.

From Project Gutenberg

Paul and I had waited for storms to pass over before, and made excellent rainy-day friends.

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She must have sold a bond left to her by a friend some years ago, which she called her rainy-day legacy.

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There also she placed the very considerable sum of money which she had just won at baccarat, to join the rainy-day fund.

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The rainy day I paid out, I was never more miserable in my life than I was after two miles.

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