fete day
noun
a festival day.
Origin of fete day
1First recorded in 1810–20
Words Nearby fete day
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How to use fete day in a sentence
Some persons saw the 25th of August, which was the fete day of the Empress, arrive with feelings of curiosity.
Monsieur Savinien came by the mail-post the night before his mother's fete-day; but we did not know it.
Ursula | Honore de BalzacVille-aux-Fayes has no fair, for its fete-day, the Saint-Sylvestre, happens in winter.
Sons of the Soil | Honore de BalzacThis particular day was a fete-day well known to the Cruchotines and the Grassinists.
Eugenie Grandet | Honore de Balzac
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