(Britain) A hard and brittle toffee associated with Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night (or Bonfire Night).
(Britain) A hard and brittle toffee associated with Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night (or Bonfire Night).
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(British) Bonfire Night.
British regional variant of 'Bonfire Night,' the annual celebration on 5 November commemorating the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. The name emphasizes the fireworks display element rather than the bonfire, and is more common in some regions than others. The underlying celebration involves fireworks, bonfires, and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes.
(North America) A kind of buttery toffee, either chewy or hard, often made with almonds.
(UK, Irish, historical, slang) A kind of British trench mortar used in World War I.
(British) The revelry on Guy Fawkes Day (the 5th of November) in commemoration of the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, traditionally including the burning of effigies of the pope, Guy Fawkes, and/or the Devil.