Red-letter day

Definition of Red-letter day

a day that is fortunate or auspicious; - so called in allusion to the custom of marking holy days, or saints' days, in the old calendars with red letters.

See also: Red-letter

Related Words

day
Word:

Browse

Red silver
Red snapper
Red snow
Red softening
Red sorrel
Red spider
Red squirrel
Red tape
Red underwing
Red viper
Red vitriol
Red water
Red-bellied perch
Red-crested poachard
Red-gum
Red-hand
Red-hot
Red-lead ore
Red-legged crow
Red-letter
-Red-letter day-
Red-light district
red-necked plover
Red-riband
Red-short
Red-tailed
Red-tailed hawk
Red-tape
Red-tapism
Red-tapist
Redact
Redacteur
Redaction
Redactor
Redan
Redargue
Redargution
Redargutory
Redback
Redbelly
Redbird
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

© 2014 Webster-dictionary.net | Dictionary Home | Privacy Policy