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 Samuel Smiles
"How gay the streets look," remarked Lady Esmondet, "it is always a fete day a Paris."
From A Heart-Song of To-day by Annie Gregg Savigny
Saturday, the fifteenth of August, was as little like a religious fete day as one can imagine.
From My Home in the Field of Honor by Frances Wilson Huard
The following day was to be a fete day at the kindergarten, the Christmas and New Year festivals combined.
From McTeague by Frank Norris
My daughter and granddaughter go to the Catholic burying-ground at Hadminster on her fete day, to dress her grave with immortelles.'
From The Young Step-Mother by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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