fete day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fete day
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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To-morrow their lands will be given them and the boundaries determined, but let to-day be a fete day, a day of rejoicing.
From Mohammed Ali and His House by Coleman, Chapman, Mrs.
The following day was to be a fete day at the kindergarten, the Christmas and New Year festivals combined.
From McTeague by Norris, Frank
The day she was able for the first time to sit up a while, in an armchair wheeled by the bedside, was a fete day to the four Americans in the Couronne hotel.
From The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
Although it is a fete day you will be my witness that we have not found a man off duty or the worse for drink.
From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Haggard, Henry Rider
Douglas, I didn't mean to talk of this just now, for it's a horrid subject, and to-day is a fete day.
From The Survivor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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