Etymology
Origin of birthnight
Example Sentences
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By the gift of a birthnight fan which she had never carried; and the arrangement of a party to which she had not gone.
From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John
How gladly would I have recompensed the forester who lit up a brake on my birthnight, which else had warmed him half the winter!
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
It was night at Boston, the birthnight of one of the leading events in the history of the world.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
That cannot be, my dear; besides, you know Mrs. Franks will send home your drawing-room dress to-day, and it would be so foolish to be presented for nothing—not to go to the birthnight afterwards.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Edgeworth, Maria
Madame de Berri gave an entertainment on the birthnight of her son, and the old Duchesse d'Angoulême came from Vienna to attend it.
From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Fuller, Arthur B.
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