noun
the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated
• Syn: ↑Remembrance Day, ↑Remembrance Sunday
• Regions:
↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain, ↑Canada
• Hypernyms: ↑holiday
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nounUsage: usually capitalized P&D
: a day on which contributions for war veterans are solicited and artificial red poppies are given to the contributors
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Poppy Day noun
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Main Entry: ↑poppy
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Poppy Day,
U.S. a day when artificial poppies are sold to help disabled veterans, usually any day of the week which ends on the Saturday before Memorial Day, or Memorial Day proper.
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Poppy Day [Poppy Day]
the popular name for ↑Remembrance Sunday, when many people in Britain wear plastic or paper poppies (= red flowers) in memory of the people who died in the two world wars. The poppies represent the real flowers that grew in the fields of France and Belgium, where many soldiers died.
See also ↑British Legion
Useful english dictionary. 2012.