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tag day

American  

noun

  1. a day on which contributions to a fund are solicited, each contributor receiving a tag.


Etymology

Origin of tag day

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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Running backs are not the only guys getting big deals on franshise tag day, either.

From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2012

"They don't hold a tag day for me!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Our modern "tag day" was a revival of this custom, though in the mediaeval towns, where everybody knew everybody else, there were less social dangers in the custom.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

We'll have a tag day and a rummage sale and I'll get up a dicker party and some theatricals.

From Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman by Sampson, Emma Speed

In one town the juniors had a most successful tag day, and collected funds that were used to buy grain with which to feed birds in winter.

From The Bird Study Book by Pearson, Thomas Gilbert