| 单词 | father's day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFather's Day Father's Day n. originally U.S. a day on which fathers are particularly honoured: in North America, South Africa, and Britain, usually the third Sunday in June, in Australia, the first Sunday in September; cf. Mother's Day n. 1.The idea of having a national day on which to honour fathers was first proposed by Mrs. John Bruce Dodd of Spokane, Washington (see, e.g., quot. 1911), although it wasn't widely observed in the United States until the 1930s. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year Candlemas1014 May Day1267 All Souls' Dayc1300 midsummer evena1400 firstc1400 Beltane1424 midsummer eve1426 quarter day1435 Beltane1456 mid-Sundaya1475 madding-day1568 Lord Mayor's day1591 Barnaby bright1595 Lammas-eve1597 All Saints' Night1607 Handsel Monday1635 distaff's day1648 long Barnabya1657 St. Valentine's eve1671 leet-day1690 All Fools' Day1702 Boxing Day1743 April Fool's Day1748 Royal Oak Day1759 box day1765 Oak-apple Day1802 All Souls' Eve1805 mischief night1830 Shick-shack Day1847 chalk-back day1851 call night1864 Nut-Monday1867 Arbor Day1872 April Fool's1873 Labour Day1884 Martinmas Sunday1885 call day1886 Samhain1888 Juneteenth1890 Mother's Day1890 Father's Day1908 Thinking Day1927 Punkie night1931 Tweede Nuwejaar1947 1908 Boston Daily Globe 19 May 10/3 Why doesn't somebody suggest the idea of having a ‘Fathers' day’, when everybody in the country shall wear a modest violet in honor of poor Father? 1911 Med. Sentinel May 275 The churches of Spokane, at the suggestion of Mrs. John Bruce Dodd, of that city, have appointed the third Sunday of every June as ‘Fathers Day’. 1936 N.Y. Times 14 June f9/4 Last year the promotion of Father's Day alone was credited with jumping sales volume on an average of about 35 per cent over the preceding week. 1963 New Yorker 15 June 82 What an inspired idea for Father's Day! 2001 Independent 13 June ii. 7/2 We all know the items that get..dusted down again for Father's Day. Yes: gardening gloves, slippers, home-brewing kits and novelty golf memorabilia. < as lemmas |
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