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New Year's Day

noun

  1. January 1, celebrated as a holiday in many countries.



New Year's Day

noun

  1. Often (US and Canadian informal) shortened to: New Year's.Jan 1, celebrated as a holiday in many countries

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of New Year's Day1

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200
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Aziz Ziriat, 36, went missing while hiking in the Dolomites with his friend Sam Harris on New Year's Day.

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Yet homicides still dropped to their lowest number since 1971, and this year’s pace is lower still, despite 14 people being murdered on Bourbon Street in a terrorist attack on New Year’s Day.

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I absolutely loved it and I told my friends that if I was still single on New Year's Day, I would do an Ironman, even though I'd only just heard of it.

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My mom would make it every Easter and New Year’s Day, spiked with whole cloves and topped with a handful of brown sugar.

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Was on a 10-race losing run when won well at Cheltenham on New Year's Day.

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