mufti day

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Noun

mufti day (plural mufti days)

(Australia, British, New Zealand) A day on which school pupils are allowed to wear casual clothes which would on any other day be against the school's uniform policy.
- 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
  “Is it Halloween already?”
  “Erm, no…” spluttered Zoe. “It’s, er, mufti day at school, you know, where you can wear whatever you like.”

Synonyms

non-uniform day
(Philippines) washday

Coordinate terms

(US) dress-down Friday, casual Friday

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