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Poppy Day

British  

noun

  1. an informal name for Remembrance Sunday

"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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It was the 19th annual fundraising "Poppy Day" in London.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

In 2017, Congress approved legislation officially marking the Friday before Memorial Day as National Poppy Day.

From Washington Times ● May 26, 2019

Some of the families of those killed in the Enniskillen Poppy Day bomb want the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland to intervene in a row over a memorial.

From BBC ● May 8, 2018

He said he had been "looking forward to a private meeting with the Queen and the duke on this the 25th anniversary of the Poppy Day bomb".

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2012

Poppy Day – Siouxsie and the Banshees A war poem/dispatch from the underworld.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2010

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