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1483 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 48 Upon ilk Settirday efternone.

1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion sig. Biiii^v He adressed an earnest letter the Saterdaye mornynge to Isleye, the Kneuetes, and other, wyth the towne of Tunbridge.

1557 Will of T. Howgill (Somerset Ho.) My saturday kyrtyll.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 81 On Satterday-morninge the 11th of December.

1686 G. Hickes Speculum Beatæ Virginis 13 One of the Lessons for the Saturday-Office of the B. Virgin.

1774 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 24 I shall reckon over every week as they pass, and rejoice at every Saturday evening.

1792 P. Van Cortlandt Let. 11 Nov. in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) 529 Saturday morning 6 O.C.—M^r T—called at my Quarters.

1856 Times 18 Jan. 1/2 (advt.) Crystal Palace.—Saturday concert.—Arthur Napoleon will play on Saturday next, the 19th instant.

1871 A. Trollope Sir Harry Hotspur xi. 149 On the Saturday morning Captain Stubber was made temporarily happy by the most unexpected receipt of five hundred pounds.

1889 F. Hueffer Half Cent. Mus. Eng. 14 The Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts.

1892 J. L. Ford Dr. Dodd's School i. 10 He could lick the whole crowd of them with one hand tied behind his back. Do you remember how he cleaned out the townies that Saturday afternoon?

1914 Musical Times 55 104/1 Psalm xc...of which the original title is ‘For the Sabbath’, still forms part of the Saturday office in the Synagogue and also in the Catholic Church.

1950 A. Buckeridge Jennings goes to School xii. 229 Jennings spent most of Saturday morning with his fingers crossed.

1973 P. Evans Bodyguard Man i. 13 A child raised on Saturday matinée soap-operas at the local cinema.

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Mar. d1/2 The pink light of a recent Saturday morning began to wash over a grassy field in central Nebraska.