Fourth of July
Origin of Fourth of July
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How to use Fourth of July in a sentence
Probably this belief is a heritage from that time in my boyhood when first I saw Fourth-of-July fireworks.
The Glory of The Coming | Irvin S. CobbOnce there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineIt cannot be denied that our Fourth-of-July-men made a very impudent declaration, to say the least of it.
I do not suppose that one of them could have delivered a fourth-of-July oration on Patriotism.
The Whence and the Whither of Man | John Mason TylerHer voice was shrill as a night-bird's, and varied by sharp and sudden cracks, like fourth-of-July firecrackers.
North-Pole Voyages | Zachariah Atwell Mudge
British Dictionary definitions for Fourth of July
the Fourth of July a holiday in the United States, traditionally celebrated with fireworks: the day of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776: Official name: Independence Day
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Cultural definitions for Fourth of July
The day on which the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress in 1776; Independence Day.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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