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Definition of Happy event
1. Noun. The live birth of a child.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Happy Event
Literary usage of Happy event
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson Lockhart (1839)
"... the happy event to the wide circle of friends, who were sure to sympathize in
his feelings of paternal satisfaction. " To the Lady Davy, ..."
2. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... for a long time, again disturb ; this happy event having induced the government
to adopt such measures as will preserve it for the future. ..."
3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"After this happy event, he proceeded to London, and was introduced to tlie
king (George II.) who received him very graciously. It afterwards was discovered ..."
4. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"After this happy event, he proceeded to London, and was introduced to the
king (George II.) who received him very graciously. It afterwards was discovered ..."
5. Notes on All the Books of Scripture: For the Use of the Pulpit and Private by Joseph Priestley (1804)
"The general nature of the great and happy event, which is to complete the whole
... happy event ..."
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