Whitsun-night

English

Noun

Whitsun-night (plural Whitsun-nights)

  1. The night of Whitsunday.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 158:
      There was a farmer who had a mill that was burnt down two Whitsun-nights in succession.
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