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weekends

adverb
week·ends | \ˈwēk-ˌen(d)z \

Definition of weekends 

: on weekends repeatedly : on any weekend travels weekends

First Known Use of weekends

1912, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of weekends was in 1912

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