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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun November 5, observed in England to commemorate the foiling of the attempt led by Guy Fawkes in 1605 to blow up the king and members of Parliament in retaliation for increasing repression of Roman Catholics in England.
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- noun day for the celebration of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot
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Londoners went to bed on that Sunday night coughing and spluttering in spite of closed windows, and on Monday morning, Guy Fawkes Day, awoke to find the same acrid yellow blanket enfolding them and blotting out the world.
The Port of London Murders Bell, Josephine, 1897-1987 1938
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