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Definition of Holydays
1. holyday [n] - See also: holyday
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holydays
Literary usage of Holydays
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticism on by Nathan Drake (1817)
"RURAL holydays, AND FESTIVALS. THE record of rural festivity and amusement, ...
The sports and amusements of our ancestors on their holydays and festivals, ..."
2. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and by Washington Irving (1849)
"... indulging in unreasonable austerity, he delighted to see the poor and the
laborint man rejoice; and for this purpose he was a great promoter m holydays. ..."
3. Troy and Its Remains: A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries Made on the by Heinrich Schliemann (1875)
"Return to Hissarlik in 1873 — Interruptions by holydays apd weather — Strong cold
north winds—Importance of good overseers — An artist taken to draw the ..."
4. A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the by Washington Irving (1848)
"... he delighted to see the poor and the laboring man rejoice; and for this purpose
he was a great promoter of holydays. Under his reign there was a great ..."
5. The Christian Examiner (1836)
"The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout
the Year. First American Edition. Philadelphia : Carey, Lea, &i Blan- chard. ..."
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