Pronounced: FRUN-tih-spees, noun
Notes: I think I’ve seen this word, or a word close to it
Yesterday’s phrase
The phrase banyan day is “a day on which no meat is served to the crew of a ship”
First usage
I haven’t been able to find out when our phrase came into English
Background / Comments
The banyans are a caste of Hindu merchants: like all practicing Hindus, they ate no meat. Sailors began to use the phrase banyan day to refer to any day in which they were not given meat to eat; such fare would be pretty meager to sailors. Note that in Australia, our phrase can refer to any day on which the food is worse than usual — such as days when the budget is running out.
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