Poppy Day


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Poppy Day

n
an informal name for Remembrance Sunday
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.Poppy Day - the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemoratedPoppy Day - the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated
Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday
Canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
holiday - a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"
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Poppy Day

n (Brit) → ˜ Volkstrauertag m (in Germany)
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Meanwhile War Horse Memorial is concentrating on its network of organisations, schools and supporters across the UK and abroad to raise the profile of the Appeal, leading up to National Purple Poppy Day on August 23.
Blue Cross joins warhorse appeal
Poppy Day is recognised around the world in commemoration of the end of the First World War to remember the members of the armed forces who dedicated their lives to protecting others.
St Chris students create a Poppy tribute..
Transport for London(TfL) has decorated its network above and below ground with poppies to mark London Poppy Day, which was on Thursday, November 1.
The London Underground has been covered in poppies for Remembrance Day; The famous roundel signs have a new special look and there are some striking buses on the road too
The local force is keen to mark Purple Poppy Day as part of its programme to commemorate all who served in the First World War, which came to an end 100 years ago.
Warhorse Blackie will be forever in the purple; POPPY DAY TRIBUTE TO EQUINE HEROES
Randall Road, Geneva, will host a "Poppy Day" fundraiser for the Batavia American Legion Post 504 on Wednesday, May 16.
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THE Catholic Church has rejected plans to build a memorial to victims of the IRA's Poppy Day bombing on its land.
CHURCH REJECTS PLANS FOR IRA BOMB MEMORIAL; Poppy Day victims 'distraught' at refusal
THE Royal British Legion raised a record amount during Newcastle's Poppy Day with volunteers collecting four times as much as on the same day in 2016.
A record year for poppy day; COLLECTORS RAISE FOUR TIMES MORE MONEY THAN LAST YEAR
The Poppy Day bomb ripped through the Co Fermanagh town while locals were attending a ceremony at the war memorial.
Enniskillen justice fight to continue; WORLD BULLETINS
As Remembrance Sunday approaches, David, a Poppy Day collector for more than a decade, is urging people to hunt down some of the estimated 30 million old coins and give them to the Legion's annual Poppy Appeal.
Poppy Appeal for your old round pound coins
CARDIFF was painted red yesterday to celebrate the city's annual Poppy Day.
Poppies bloom in city centre as appeal is launched
The Old Bailey heard the trigger for his radicalisation was the arrest of his older brother for plotting an Isis-inspired Poppy Day attack.
Bomb plotter jailed for life

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