Twelfth Day
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Twelfth Day
before 900; Middle English; Old English
Example Sentences
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"On the Twelfth Day of Christmas" my true love gave to me a new TV movie starring Robin Dunne and Brooke Nevin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2015
A pleasant, 22-minute short, the Twelfth Day will get a nationwide network audience on New Year's Day as a color Spectacular over NBCTV.
From Time Magazine Archive
On Twelfth Day the Court used to play in state.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George
Business is very generally suspended during Christmas, the day following, Twelfth Day, and the twentieth day.
From Yule-Tide in Many Lands by Bridgman, L. J. (Lewis Jesse)
The sixth day in each year is called Twelfth Day.
From Holidays & Happy-Days by Hendry, Hamish
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