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red-letter

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red-let⋅ter

  [red-let-er]
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–adjective
1. marked by red letters, as festival days in the church calendar.
2. memorable; especially important or happy: a red-letter day in his life.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME
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red-let·ter   (rěd'lět'ər)
adj.  Memorably happy: a red-letter day.

[From the practice of marking in red the holy days in church calendars.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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