fete day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fete day
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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The day she was able for the first time to sit up a while, in an armchair wheeled by the bedside, was a fete day to the four Americans in the Couronne hotel.
From The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Then I could, in the hearing of the rest, say that it was my fete day; and that I was going to give the others a treat, so that I would buy all your grapes.
From Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War by Walter Paget
The following day was to be a fete day at the kindergarten, the Christmas and New Year festivals combined.
From McTeague by Frank Norris
Paris made a fete day when she imagined Sampson's fleet was destroyed.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark
The Church consecrated the day of the miraculous deliverance a fete day observable by Greeks forever.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Lewis Wallace
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