Thanksgiving day

English

Noun

Thanksgiving day (plural Thanksgiving days)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Thanksgiving Day.
    • 1912 December 20, “Church Notes”, in G. H. Graham, editor, The Nebraska News, volume VIII, number 42, Lincoln, Neb.: The Claflin Publishing Company, →OCLC, page [2], column 3:
      The breakdown of our holidays into days of mere worldly diversion is pathetic—e. g.: Fourth of July without patriotism, Thanksgiving day without thanks and Christmas day without Christ. What insults to the Almighty! Let us make it not alone a Santa-mas, but a Christ-mas.
    • 1925 December 5, “The War in Texas”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume LVIII, number 175, Atlanta, Ga., page six, column 1:
      As a Thanksgiving day gift to inmates of the Texas penitentiary, Mrs. Ferguson—the governor, or “governor-ess,” assuming that her husband is the real executive—issued 105 clemency proclamations.
    • 1942, George [Herbert Walker] Bush, “Love and War”, in All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings, New York, N.Y.: A Lisa Drew Book/Scribner, published 1999, →ISBN, page 28:
      We all are up to our beds for a few minutes after church, and most of the fellows were quiet—thinking of other Thanksgiving days. For many it was the first time away and it was a bit strange.
    • 1975 November 28, Richard Severo, “RAIN‐THINS CROWD AT MACY'S PARADE”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 December 2025:
      On bright, clear Thanksgiving days, more than a million people have lined the parade route, but yesterday probably fewer than half that many were in attendance.