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
Yet some said Twelfth Day cut her out and out, for she came in a tiffany suit, all white and gold, like a queen on a frost-cake—all royal, glittering, and Epiphanous.
From Charles Lamb by Jerrold, Walter
In most places it is about Twelfth Day before things get into trim again.
From Town Life in Australia by Twopeny, Richard Ernest Nowell
In later times still, Twelfth Day was almost wholly given up to frolic and feasting.
From Holidays & Happy-Days by Hendry, Hamish
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