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Definition of Guy fawkes night
1. Noun. Effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night.
Definition of Guy fawkes night
1. Proper noun. (British) a celebration, on the 5th of November, to remember the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guy Fawkes Night
Literary usage of Guy fawkes night
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manners, Customs and Observances: Their Origin and Signification by Leopold Wagner (1895)
"Hampstead Heath is an appropriate locale for the bonfire carnival on Guy Fawkes'
Night, inasmuch as it was there—on Parliament Hill—where the fellow ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"On Guy Fawkes night another young American, who is a registered student here,
... Guy Fawkes night is much the same in spirit and in ' noise as the American ..."
3. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1917)
"The peculiar elaboration of the celebration of guy fawkes night which it records
was due to the recent utterances of Titus Gates, the murder of Godfrey, ..."
4. Transactions by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1911)
"The celebration of the anniversary of Guy Fawkes' night on Saturday by the young
people of this city was not so extensive as in former years, no doubt owing ..."
5. Malamalama School's Rainbow Cookbook: Recipes from Around the World by Hawaii Malamalama School (Keaau (1993)
"... "guy fawkes night" or "Bonfire Night." People have outdoor parties and keep
warm around bonfires because it is very cold in England in November. ..."
6. My Diary in America in the Midst of War by George Augustus Sala (1865)
"How sharply the police magistrates punish the boys who are bold enough to let
off fireworks on Guy Fawkes night! These restrictions, I shall be told, ..."
7. "The Gospel Awakening.": Comprising the Sermons and Addresses, Prayer by Dwight Lyman Moody, L. T. Remlap (1885)
"It was a Saturday eve in November, Guy Fawkes night. The first attempt was cruelly
discouraging. The students not only applauded the hymn, but the prayer, ..."
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