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duvet day en · NOUN

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1. A day spent at home, ostensibly in bed, and sanctioned by one's school or employer, when one is feeling stressed or fragile.
   • To staff at Text 100Italic, a PR company, there is a third option. They can take a "duvet day". Each employee is allowed two days a year when they can play hookey with their employer's blessing. 1966, Financial Times:
   • The news server at Demon has decided to have a duvet day today. 2001 March, uk.local.london (Usenet):
   • For the most part, I loved school. But this didn’t stop me also loving duvet days. Every kid knows the tricks used to hoodwink parents. 2021 July 9, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “The sickie may be a guilty pleasure, but sometimes you just need a duvet day”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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