Twelfth Day
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Twelfth Day
before 900; Middle English; Old English
Example Sentences
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"On the Twelfth Day of Christmas" my true love gave to me a new TV movie starring Robin Dunne and Brooke Nevin.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2015
A pleasant, 22-minute short, the Twelfth Day will get a nationwide network audience on New Year's Day as a color Spectacular over NBCTV.
From Time Magazine Archive
On Twelfth Day, the last of the Revels, there were brawn, mustard, and malmsey for breakfast after morning prayer, and the dinner as on St. John's Day.
From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by Dawson, William Francis
On Twelfth Day the Court used to play in state.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George
But the harvest-homes were over, and Twelfth Day had not yet come round.
From Absolution by Viebig, Clara
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