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- noun alternative form of
red letter day
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- noun a memorably happy or noteworthy day (from the custom of marking holy days in red on church calendars)
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BrainyBabe commented on the word red-letter day
Rises in salary had been the landmarks in his life, the clues to its red-letter days. - ''Yashima, or, The Gorgeous West'' by R T Sherwood, 1931.
December 24, 2008