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Glorious Twelfth

Glorious Twelfth noun: 12 August, the start of the shooting season for red grouse, and to a lesser extent the ptarmigan, in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Noun

the Glorious Twelfth

  1. 12 August, the start of the shooting season for red grouse, and to a lesser extent the ptarmigan, in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Questions about Glorious Twelfth

What does Glorious Twelfth mean?
Glorious Twelfth means 12 August, the start of the shooting season for red grouse, and to a lesser extent the ptarmigan, in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
What part of speech is Glorious Twelfth?
Glorious Twelfth is a noun.

Words near Glorious Twelfth in the dictionary

  1. glorioso
  2. gloriosos
  3. glorious
  4. Glorious Revolution
  5. Glorious Thirty
  6. Glorious Twelfth
  7. gloriouser
  8. gloriousest
  9. gloriously
  10. gloriousness
  11. gloriousnesses

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