banner year

English

Noun

banner year (plural banner years)

  1. An especially good year; a year of exceptional production.
    1965 was a banner year for the company; it produced a million widgets for the first time.
    • 1853, New-Hampshire Missionary Society, “Annual Report of the Trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary Society, Volumes 50-57”, in Annual Report of the Trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary Society‎, volume 53, Steam power press of McFarland & Jenks, page 16:
      The year just closed has been the banner year for New-Hampshire Home Missions. The amount raised for the cause is $505,38 more than ever was raised before in any one year.

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