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high day

American  

noun

  1. a holy or festal day.

  2. heyday.


high day British  

noun

  1. a day of celebration; festival (esp in the phrase high days and holidays )

"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

Etymology

Origin of high day

1150–1200; Middle English heye dai feast day

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Australia defines a heatwave as three or more days in a row of unusually high day and night temperatures.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2023

Temperatures stayed high day and night, day after day.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2020

As a result, "estrogen levels can fluctuate from low to high, day by day, and that can drive you crazy."

From Time Magazine Archive

The two held hands and stepped high, day after day, night after night.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

All the convicts were greatly rejoiced when they heard the great news; it was high day and holiday all through the jail.

From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

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