Whitsun-night

noun

The night of Whitsunday.

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Meanings

nounWhitsun-night (plural Whitsun-nights)

plural Whitsun-nights

  1. The night of Whitsunday.

    There was a farmer who had a mill that was burnt down two Whitsun-nights in succession.

    1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 158
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APA

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