rainy day

noun

: a period of want or need
saving for a rainy day
rainy-day adjective

Examples of rainy day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Grand Wailea’s previous spa felt like a back-up plan for rainy days, but this new iteration, now the largest in the state, feels like a destination unto itself. Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2024 The governor’s proposal takes $12.2 billion from the state’s rainy day reserves to help cover the shortfall over the next two years and reduces funding to address climate change, provide broadband internet and increase subsidized child care, among dozens of other cuts. Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024 This was despite Proposition 58, an initiative voters approved in 2004 and backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, which required the state to regularly transfer money into the rainy day fund. Louis Freedberg, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024 For rainy days, visit Copper Kingdom museum, which details the island's 4,000-year history of mining copper and other valuable minerals. Adrienne Wyper, The Week Uk, theweek, 19 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rainy day 

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1580, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rainy day was circa 1580

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Cite this Entry

“Rainy day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainy%20day. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.

Kids Definition

rainy day

noun
: a period of need or want
set a little money aside for a rainy day
rainy-day adjective

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