fete day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fete day
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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It ought also to have been a fete day for Jasmin himself.
From Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist by Smiles, Samuel
The Church consecrated the day of the miraculous deliverance a fete day observable by Greeks forever.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Wallace, Lewis
The humorous weekly Life and The Chicago Tribune had been for some time agitating a restricted use of fireworks on the national fete day, but nevertheless the list of casualties kept creeping to higher figures.
From The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after by Bok, Edward William
Douglas, I didn't mean to talk of this just now, for it's a horrid subject, and to-day is a fete day.
From The Survivor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
Another abbot, in the richly-embroidered habiliments of a fete day, stood by his side.
From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
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