Hundred Days


noun(usually used with a plural verb)
  1. the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.

  2. a special session of Congress from March 9, 1933 to June 16, 1933, called by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in which important social legislation was enacted.

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How to use Hundred Days in a sentence

  • After his conduct during the Hundred Days he could expect no mercy from the returned Bourbons, and was glad to escape abroad.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • And he said to him: Unto evening and morning two thousand three Hundred Days: and the sanctuary shall be cleansed.

  • After we've worked our Hundred Days to get a hundred dollars each, we will work a few days more to get a hundred dollars for you.

    The Iron Puddler | James J. Davis
  • Follow with papers on the Roman games; at the dedication of the Coliseum these lasted a Hundred Days.

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  • Then, almost as by magic, the scene shifted and stern resolve took the place of the hysteria of the Hundred Days since Sumter.

British Dictionary definitions for hundred days

hundred days

pl n
  1. French history the period between Napoleon Bonaparte's arrival in Paris from Elba on March 20, 1815, and his abdication on June 29, 1815

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