guy fawkes day
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
November 5, a celebration in England since the 17th century commemorating the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot.
British usage
name
Synonym of Guy Fawkes Night, the associated revelry, traditionally including bonfires, fireworks, and the burning in effigy of the pope, Guy Fawkes, and/or the Devil.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "A number of towns in East Sussex, and on the borders of Kent and Surrey, make a special feature of huge bonfires and torchlight processions with fireworks on Guy Fawkes day or an early November Saturday."
Usage
- British usage