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days

/ˈdeɪz/ noun A1
  1. A particular time or period of vague extent. · Things were more relaxed in Grandpa's days.· His days of being the king are over.
  2. Life. · That's how he ended his days.
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As to Franz, he had no letter of credit, as he lived at Florence, and had only come to Rome to pass seven or eight days; he had brought but a hundred louis, and of these he had not more than fifty left.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 394 · C1
But that reminds me that I must ask your leave of absence for some days.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 9 · C1
I passed the days in singing.” They then said in derision: “If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 4 · B2
A GROOM used to spend whole days in currycombing and rubbing down his Horse, but at the same time stole his oats and sold them for his own profit.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 16 · B2

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