(all) the livelong day
idiom
old-fashioned + humorous
: all day
I've been working all the livelong day.
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In fact, all that high-minded thinking sounds more like how some bloodless and very smart computer might happily spend the livelong day.
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Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
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“(all) the livelong day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28all%29%20the%20livelong%20day. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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