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Daylight saving   /dˈeɪlˌaɪt sˈeɪvɪŋ/   Listen
Daylight saving

noun
1.
Time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings.  Synonyms: daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time, daylight savings.






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"Daylight saving" Quotes from Famous Books



... secured four tickets. I say four because I mean four. I have never appreciated opera, and was all along reluctant to go. But when I found that the show began at half-past four, I put my foot down and reminded the others of the Daylight Saving Bill. With gusto they retorted that I had been to more matinees than they cared to remember. I replied that for a theatre to begin at half-past four was out of all order and convenience, and that, as an Englishman and a member of a conservative club, I was not ...
— The Brother of Daphne • Dornford Yates



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