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Definition of black fridays in English English dictionary: plural form of Black Friday
Black Friday: Any Friday actually darkened by catastrophe
Black Friday: A Friday falling on the 13th day of the month (and therefore doubly ill-omened)
Black Friday: The day after Thanksgiving Day, generally regarded as the first day of the Christmas season, and the busiest shopping day of the year. (Although this usage may also very possibly originate in Etymology 1)
Black Friday: The anniversary of a number of catastrophic or unfortunate historical events originally occurring on a Friday
Black Friday: Day (Sept. 24, 1869) when plunging gold prices precipitated a U.S. stock-market panic. An attempt by Jay Gould and James Fisk to corner the market in gold and drive up its price depended on preventing the sale of government gold, an arrangement assured through the two men's political influence. When Pres. Ulysses S. Grant heard of the scheme, he ordered the government to sell $4 million in gold, which caused the price to drop and produced a panic selling of other stocks
black friday: Any Friday on which a public disaster has occurred, as: In England, December 6, 1745, when the news of the landing of the Pretender reached London, or May 11, 1866, when a financial panic commenced
black friday: In the United States, September 24, 1869, and September 18, 1873, on which financial panics began

black fridays

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black Fri·days

bläk fraydiz

/ˈblak ˈfrīdēz/ /ˈblæk ˈfraɪdiːz/

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