"borrowing days" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: borrowed days [alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪz Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} borrowing days pl (plural only)
  1. (Ireland, Scotland) The last three days of March, supposed in Scottish and Irish folklore to have been borrowed by March from April, and to be especially stormy. Tags: Ireland, Scotland, plural, plural-only Translations (Last three days of March): laethanta na riabhaí (Irish)

Alternative forms

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