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Originally Posted by Wearever
Thanks I did, but as luck would have it I came across fortnight in " A Question of Honor " a Charles Todd book I was just reading. 2 weeks.  I have come across fortnight in British books and for some reason always thought it was just a few days. |
Fortnight is short for "fourteen nights", or (as Wearever noted) two weeks. (FYI, in the same vein
senight,
sennight , or
se'night is short for "seven nights", or one week.)