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Definition of Guy fawkes day
1. Noun. Day for the celebration of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot.
Generic synonyms: November 5
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guy Fawkes Day
Literary usage of Guy fawkes day
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Autobiography and Personal Recollections of John B. Gough: With Twenty-six by John Bartholomew Gough (1870)
"... Guy Fawkes' Day— Boys' Celebration—Other Holidays. AMONG other circumstances
connected with this period of my life, I well remember one which much ..."
2. British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes (1880)
"... through Fire—Quaint Border Rhymes—The Puzzling Jug —Bobbing for Apples—The
Fiery Features of Guy Fawkes' Day— St. Clement's Day—Stripping the Carpenter. ..."
3. English Pageantry: An Historical Outline by Robert Withington (1920)
"GUY FAWKES' DAY AFTER THE WAR — EFFIGIES NAMED That dying customs have not been
killed completely by the war, is shown by the following paragraph concerning ..."
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