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thanksgiving::noun | Spocien Dictionary
fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | thanksgiving day |
| Type of | national holiday, feast day, fete day, legal holiday, public holiday |
Examples of thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving offers something to chew on for both sides of the inflation debate.
From the curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com
Thanksgiving dinner is one of the cheapest big group meals you can put together.
From the tennessean.com
Thanksgiving kicks off the eating season that stretches until Super Bowl Sunday.
From the denverpost.com
Thanksgiving is still a couple of weeks away, but I'm already in a holiday mood.
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Thanksgiving inspires us to pause and count our blessings of family and friends.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
Thanksgiving is the only day of the year when pie is an out-and-out requirement.
From the orlandosentinel.com
A thanksgiving day was annually appointed by the governor of New York from 1817.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The congregation, with restrained excitement, continued to pray in thanksgiving.
From the time.com
As a thanksgiving for his victories, he founded, in 924, the convent of Albelda.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
- Grace: a short prayer of thanks before a meal; "their youngest son said grace"
- Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday.
- Thanksgiving is an American short film released in 2004. It was directed by Tom Donahue and starred Yolonda Ross, William Mahoney and James Urbaniak.
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- Thanksgiving, Adrian Orange & Her Band, and AOK, are the names under which Portland, Oregon singer/songwriter Adrian Orange (born March 20, 1986) performs. First adopting the "Thanksgiving" moniker around 1999u20132000, Orange played experimental folk music, often accompanying himself on guitar and self-recording his albums using analogue equipment...
- Grindhouse is a 2007 American horror/exploitation film co-written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. ...
- "Thanksgiving" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes and sixty-ninth episode overall. The episode aired on November 23, 2009.
- The American Fox sitcom That '70s Show ran 200 episodes and four specials across eight seasons, from August 23, 1998, to May 18, 2006, spanning the years 1976 through the end of 1979. Reruns subsequently aired on Vegas TV, ABC Family, The N (now Teennick), and FX.
