| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "HOKEDAY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] High day; a day of feasting and mirth, formerly held in England the second Tuesday after Easter, to commemorate the destruction of the Danes in the time of Ethelred. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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