Labor Day

Definition: Labor Day

Labor Day

Noun

1. First Monday in September in U.S. and Canada.

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19th Century Satire

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Amusement

Holiday; gala day, red letter day, play day; high days and holidays; high holiday, Bank holiday; May day, Derby day; Saint Monday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday; Bairam; wayz-goos, bean feast; Arbor Day, Declaration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day; Mardi gras,mi-careme, feria, fiesta.

Exertion

Work hard; rough it; put forth one's strength, put forth a strong arm; fall to work, bend the bow; buckle to, set one's shoulder to the wheel; (resolution); work like a horse, work like a cart horse, work like a galley slave, work like a coal heaver; labor day and night, work day and night; redouble one's efforts; do double duty; work double hours, work double tides; sit up, burn the candle at both ends; stick to; (persevere) a; work one's way, fight one's way; lay about one, hammer at.

You'll all be doing it by Labor Day! Do it to it, Lars! (Heavyweights; writing credit: Judd Apatow; Steven Brill)

I thought all the nuts went home on Labor Day. (The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming; writing credit: Nathaniel Benchley; William Rose)

Labor Day (2000)

Vols. 1-3 GM Video #242: Labor Day Wet T&A '99 (1999)

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Books

• Labor Day (Holiday Histories) (reference)

• Labor Day (Rookie Read-About Holidays) (reference)

• Labor Day : Shared Experiences from the Delivery Room (reference)

• Labor Day at Walden Pond (reference)

• Labor Day Weekend: A Deal of Cold Business (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Labor Day, 1934. Credit: Library of Congress.

Labor Day parade. Credit: Library of Congress.

Labor Day parade, Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Labor Day crowd, Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Barbecue pit on Labor Day, Ridgway, Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress.

Serving barbecue at the free barbecue on Labor Day at Ridgway, Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress.

Labor Day parade, New York, New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Griffith Consumers Co. Float of Griffith Consumer Co., 1st prize Labor Day parade I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Labor Day Parade. Car with official hosts. Credit: Library of Congress.

Racing automobile no. 14 on Benning race track, Washington, D.C., area on Labor Day. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Civil Liberties

Burma

Nevertheless, on Labor Day (May 1) and on the anniversary of the NLD (September 27), some speeches critical of the government were delivered by opposition leaders, including NLD vice chairman U Tin Oo. Many prominent writers and journalists remain in prison. (references)

Travel

Taiwan

Note: Taiwan's Labor Day is on May 1st. Most private firms, especially factories, close on that day. (references)

Sri Lanka

Holidays with fixed dates include Independence Day (February 4), Labor Day (May 1) and Christmas (December 25). Each full moon is marked by a Poya Day holiday. (references)

Worker Rights

Burundi

However, on May 1, the Government prevented Hajavandi from giving the traditional Labor Day address, and the Government held elections for a new president of COSYBU. (references)

Djibouti

Police broke into UDT offices and confiscated banners and the public address system that were to have been used in Labor Day ceremonies, and the Government dictated the election of its supporters to head the UDT and UGTD and took possession of union offices. (references)

Egypt

Although they are required to observe some Government practices, such as the minimum wage, social security insurance, and official holidays, firms often do not adhere to government practice in nonbinding matters, including award of the annual Labor Day bonus. (references)

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Arabic 

‏عيد العمال (labour day). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ден на труда (labour day). (various references)

Chinese 

勞動節 (International Labor Day). (various references)

Czech

den práce (labour day). (various references)

German

der tag der arbeit (labour day). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

労働祭 (May Day). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ろうどうさい (May Day). (various references)

Pig Latin

aborlay ayday

Romanian

ziua muncii. (various references)

Russian 

день труда (labour day). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

praznik rada (labour day). (various references)

Spanish

día de trabajo (labour day). (various references)

Thai

วันแรงงาน (1 พฤษ� าคม) (Labour Day). (various references)

Turkish

işçi bayramı (labour day). (various references)

dies. (various references)

Misspellings

"Labor Day" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: labour day. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: adorably.

-1 letter: broadly.

-2 letters: aboard, aboral, abroad, bayard, boyard, byroad, drably.

-3 letters: alary, badly, baldy, board, bolar, boral, boyar, boyla, broad, dobla, dobra, labor, labra, lardy, lobar, lyard, royal.

-4 letters: ably, alar, alba, aryl, baal, bald, bard, boar, body, bola, bold, bora, brad, bray, byrl, darb, doby, dory, drab, dray, lady, lard, load, lord, lory, odyl.

+2 letters: affordably, bardolatry, pardonably.

+3 letters: adorability, roadability.

+4 letters: carboxylated.

+5 letters: affordability, decarboxylase, decarboxylate.