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Word of the Day - Sennight

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sennight

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnʌɪt/
noun
archaic
A week.

Origin
Old English seofon nihta ‘seven nights’.

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Toby was excited. The emporium clerk had told Toby he would get his delivery in a fortnight, and today the second sennight was almost over. Toby hoped it would actually arrive on the morrow.

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