Definition of Poppy Day

1. Noun. The Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated.


Definition of Poppy Day

1. Proper noun. (chiefly British) Remembrance Day ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poppy Day

Pope Julius
Popean
Popemobile
Popemobiles
Popes
Popeye
Popillia
Popillia japonica
Poplar Bluff
Popocatepetl
Popoloca
Popovich
Popperian
Poppy
Poppy Day (current term)
Pops
Popsicle
Popsicles
Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Pal
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-Gene
Popular Struggle Front
Population Commission
Populist Party
Populus
Populus alba
Populus balsamifera
Populus canescens
Populus deltoides

Literary usage of Poppy Day

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of the Exposition: Being the Official History of the International by Frank Morton Todd (1921)
"... March 29; Glenn County dedication and Poppy Day, March 30; Montana Building and Butte County exhibit dedications and California Ripe Olive Day, ..."

2. The Story of the Exposition: Being the Official History of the International by Frank Morton Todd (1921)
"... March 29; Glenn County dedication and Poppy Day, March 30; Montana Building and Butte County exhibit dedications and California Ripe Olive Day, ..."

3. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"... £1.085.000 raised on Poppy Day, 1961, exclusive of Scotland. Grand total for years 1921 to 1961, ,£19.377,618. BRITISH LEGION VILLAGE (1915), ..."

4. Joaquin Miller's Poems by Joaquin Miller (1909)
"XVIII As when some sunny, poppy day The Mariposa scatters gold The while he takes his happy flight, Like star dust when the day is old, So passed his Light ..."

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