a clear day
Preserved but no longer current.
An entire, complete day. "The bonds must be left three clear days for examination," means that they must be left for three days not counting the first or the last.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Examples
Tatoeba sentence #271550 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “a clear day” mean?
An entire, complete day. "The bonds must be left three clear days for examination," means that they must be left for three days not counting the first or the last.
Is “a clear day” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.