Friday.
A man Friday. A faithful and submissive attendant, ready to turn his hand to anything.
My man Friday. The young savage found by Robinson Crusoe on a Friday, and kept as his servant and companion on the desert island.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.