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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.
Geographical relationships: Canada, Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Generic synonyms: Holiday
Definition of Poppy Day
1. Proper noun. (chiefly British) Remembrance Day ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poppy Day
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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