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happy event

British  

noun

  1. informal the birth of a child

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Not that you shouldn’t celebrate the happy event, but the brother or sister may need a little extra love.”

From MarketWatch Nov. 3, 2025

But much of the second season revolves around a happy event: the imminent wedding of Murray Hill's Fred Rococo, casually announced during a poker game.

From Salon May 7, 2023

Yet, in the same issue, in flies Style’s art critic Sebastian Smee on a broomstick to play down the happy event.

From Washington Post Apr. 19, 2019

The press got wind of the happy event, and it soon got happier still.

From The New Yorker Jun. 22, 2018

“No higher pleasure...even compared with the happy event that, I hear, has taken place in your family this week?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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