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hallmark holiday

hallmark holiday is the alternative letter-case form of Hallmark holiday.

Noun capitalized: Hallmark holiday

Hallmark holiday (plural Hallmark holidays)

  1. (US, derogatory) An ostensible holiday, or, by extension, any occasion, invented or popularized for profit.
    • See? Valentine's Day is not just a Hallmark holiday after all.1999, Karen Rauch Carter, Jeff Fessler, Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life: How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect, and Happiness, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 88
    • […] that the whole funeral and gravestone thing was just a racket, was this ridiculous tradition, rooted in commerce, a Hallmark holiday sort of thing, […]2001, Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 224

Forms of hallmark holiday

pluralhallmark holidays
pluralHallmark holidays
alternative formhallmark holiday

Origin of hallmark holiday

From the Hallmark Cards greeting card company.

Questions about hallmark holiday

What does hallmark holiday mean?
Hallmark holiday means an ostensible holiday, or, by extension, any occasion, invented or popularized for profit.
What is hallmark holiday the alternative letter-case form of?
Hallmark holiday is the alternative letter-case form of Hallmark holiday.
What part of speech is hallmark holiday?
Hallmark holiday is a noun.
What is the plural of hallmark holiday?
The plural of hallmark holiday is hallmark holidays.

Words near hallmark holiday in the dictionary

  1. hallites
  2. Halliwell
  3. Halliwells
  4. hallman
  5. hallmark
  6. hallmark holiday
  7. hallmark holidays
  8. Hallmark moment
  9. Hallmark moments
  10. hallmarked
  11. hallmarker

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