Banian Days, a sailor's phrase, meaning days when no meat is served out, so called from the abstinence from flesh of the Banian (q.v.) traders.
Banian Days
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 707
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Banian Days, a sailor's phrase, meaning days when no meat is served out, so called from the abstinence from flesh of the Banian (q.v.) traders.