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GUY FAWKES NIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Guy Fawkes Night mean?
• GUY FAWKES NIGHT (noun)
The noun GUY FAWKES NIGHT has 1 sense:
1. effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night
Familiarity information: GUY FAWKES NIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Bonfire Night; Guy Fawkes Night
Hypernyms ("Guy Fawkes Night" is a kind of...):
November 5 (anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot)
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