"Monday hammer" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: Monday hammer

Filed Under: English

Part of Speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: Monday hammer. A 32 pound sledge hammer; means worker must have day of rest before being able to wield heavy hammer.

Article or Document Title:
“[pencil] Motormen and Conductors”

Author:
Workers at 3rd Ave. and 65th St., carbarn

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Lexicon of Trade Jargon

Dateline:
New York City

Date of Publication:
1938-39

(This date is uncertain. It is either not given, unclear, or unreliable in the original source.)

This cite belongs to a full entry for Monday hammer.

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