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Red-letter day

noun

A memorably happy or noteworthy day (from the custom of marking holy days in red on church calendars).

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"Red-letter day" Quotes from Famous Books

... red-letter day for all three, for they were going to the theatre that night for the first time. Jean had once been at a play with her father, but it was so long ago as to be the dimmest memory, and she was as excited as the boys. Their first play was to be ...

— Penny Plain • Anna Buchan (writing as O. Douglas)

... Josh had been the most agreeable of companions, and his return from a voyage was always a red-letter day in the parish. His ringing laugh was heard at the store, and every evening his house was filled with neighbours, who dropped in to have a smoke, and listen to the yarns of ...

— Rod of the Lone Patrol • H. A. Cody

... May 7.—A big red-letter day; viz., the Lord Mayor's reception. The whole house upset. I had to get dressed at half-past six, as Carrie wanted the room to herself. Mrs. James had come up from Sutton to help Carrie; so I could not help thinking it unreasonable that she should require the entire attention ...

— The Diary of a Nobody • George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith

... the part he had played in the chief match of the season, and might in years to come have always looked back with pleasure on this twenty-fourth of July. Unfortunately another event of a sadly different character was destined to make it a red-letter day in his career at Ronleigh. The feeling of respect and good-will which his prowess in the field had awakened in the minds of his former friends afforded him a splendid opportunity for reassociating himself ...

— The Triple Alliance • Harold Avery

Words linked to "Red-letter day" : day