tag day
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A fundraising day on which contributions to charity or funds are solicited on the street, or as donations to a charitable event, and tags given to contributors to wear as evidence of their contributions.
Canadian usage; American usage
Example Sentences
- ""And Annie's wearing out eighty dollars' worth of tyres to collect seventy-five dollars for the British Red Cross- -this is their tag day, you know.""
- ""Disband, indeed!" she whispered sibilantly. "We'll have a tag day and a rummage sale and I'll get up a dicker party and some theatricals. Disband, indeed!""
- "It’s that time of year again when The St.George’s Foundation hosts its Island-wide Tag Day on Friday, April 21. This year is their third annual Tag Day!"