Labor Day
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1.4
- proper noun
- /ˈleɪbər deɪ/
- US
:
Día del Trabajo (EE. UU. y Canadá)
- Every year, Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer in the United States.
It's going to be a long, long Labor Day weekend.
- It's going to be a long, long Labor Day weekend.
- It airs this Monday on Labor Day.
- It basically says until Labor Day, early September, you wear it, your summer wardrobe, summer color palette.
- No white after Labor Day was mostly pragmatic advice come full.
- And I think our draft is like the first week of or maybe like Labor Day weekends, like week before football actually starts.
- And I expected to start my senior year and, and that's when the asthma really broke off from Labor Day, the first freeze.
Examples
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Ten months later, John and Alice reciprocated the visit with a Labor Day trek to Fremont.
Fiction book (1999) -
Monday was Labor Day, and traffic was bad, with tons of construction.
Fiction book (1999) -
I think everybody leaves after Labor Day.
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Today is Labor Day, remember?
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If you want to do something different for Labor Day, you need to look at this.
Blog text (2) -
Cascade Reach has been closed since Labor Day.
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Years ago, the island pretty much shut down after Labor Day, but that's no longer the case.
Academic text (2009) -
There's bound to be traffic, 'cause it's Labor Day weekend.
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This is Labor Day.
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Campsites are on a first-come, first-served system after Labor Day at state-operated areas.
Blog text (4)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'labor' (workers) + 'day' (a day set aside), so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it is a day honoring workers; the precise date/location is cultural knowledge but not required to understand the basic meaning. Cross-linguistic equivalents (e.g., Spanish 'Día del Trabajo', French 'Fête du Travail') make the concept widely transparent.
Etymology
The holiday Labor Day began in the late 1800s when groups of 'workers' held parades and picnics to show how important their work was. That's why Labor Day is a public holiday that celebrates the achievements of 'workers' and is often marked by parades, barbecues, and a day off.