Definition of Guy fawkes day

1. Noun. Day for the celebration of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Guy Fawkes Day

Guthrie
Guthrie test
Gutierrezia
Gutierrezia microcephala
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Gutierrezia texana
Gutnish
Guttiferae
Guttiferales
Gutzeit's test
Guugu Yimidhirr
Guwahati
Guy
Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes Day
Guy Fawkes Night
Guy Fawkes night
Guyana
Guyana dollar
Guyanas
Guyanese
Guyon's amputation
Guyon's isthmus
Guyon's sign
Guys
Gwangju
Gwatkin
Gwen

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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