British regional variant of 'Bonfire Night,' the annual celebration on 5 November commemorating the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
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.
The kids were buzzing all week before fireworks night, begging to stay up late for the display.
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(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.
(UK) November 5, a celebration in England since the 17th century commemorating the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot.
(UK) , the associated revelry, traditionally including bonfires, fireworks, and the burning in effigy of the pope, Guy Fawkes, and/or the Devil.
(British, historical) A failed conspiracy, in November 1605, to kill the Protestant king James I of England and VI of Scotland, and to blow up the House of Lords using gunpowder, annually commemorated on Guy Fawkes Day.
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(British) Bonfire Night.
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