Whit Monday

British  

noun

1. the Monday following Whit Sunday

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Example Sentences

I remember lying awake for hours on the morning of Whit Monday, eager to put on the gorgeous dress, which, that year, was deep pink overlaid with white lace.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2012

During the next few days the artillery fire increased considerably on both sides, and just before dawn on Whit Monday, the 24th May, the Germans launched their gas attack.

From The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry France, April 1915-November 1918 by Ainsworth, Ralph Bignell, Sir

I wanted it particularly to wear the evening of that Whit Monday when we were all in the Webersche Zelt.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

This new attack, on the 10th of May, deprived Arnaud and his men of the privilege of the Holy Communion, which they had desired to partake of on Whit Monday.

From The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys by Worsfold, J. N. (John Napper)

Accordingly, on Whit Monday of that year, he opened his establishment for musical entertainments with the band of the Grenadier Guards. 

From The Night Side of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)