"scambling day" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: scambling days [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Head templates: {{en-noun}} scambling day (plural scambling days)
  1. (obsolete) One of the days during Lent when meat was scarce. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-scambling_day-en-noun-xwPCMhMP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1863, William Meynell Whittemore, Sunshine, page 2",
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