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Specialty Expressions: HOLIDAY SPEECHES

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Holiday SpeechesLiterature1: "With many holiday and lady terms
2: He questioned me."
3: Or Words. Fine or well-turned speeches or phrases; complimentary speeches. We have also "holiday manners," "holiday clothes," meaning the best we have.
4: Shakespeare: I Henry IV., i. 3 (Hotspur's defence).
5: "Aye, aye, sir. I know your worship loves no holiday speeches." - Sir W. Scott: Redgauntlet, chap. iii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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