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Burns nights

Burns nights is the plural of Burns night.

Meaning of Burns night

Noun

Burns night (plural Burns nights)

  1. An event held on or around the evening of 25th January in celebration of the Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns (born on that day in 1759), usually involving Scottish foods and recitals of his poetry.
    • The Upholsterers and females in the employment of Messrs. J. Allan & Sons, met on the Burns' night to tea and supper in Mrs. Sheriff's Hotel, […]1859, “Aberdeen”, in James Ballantine, editor, Chronicle of the Hundredth Birthday of Robert Burns, Edinburgh; London: A[rchibald] Fullarton & Co., →OCLC, page 145

Questions about Burns nights

What is Burns nights the plural of?
Burns nights is the plural of Burns night.

Words near Burns nights in the dictionary

  1. Burns dinner
  2. burns down
  3. burns in
  4. burns in hell
  5. Burns Night
  6. Burns nights
  7. burns off
  8. burns one down
  9. burns one's boats
  10. burns one's bridges
  11. burns one's fingers

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