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tag day

tag day noun: a fundraising day on which contributions to charity or funds are solicited on the street, or as donations to a charitable event, and tags given to contributors to wear as evidence of their contributions.

tag day: a fundraising day on which contributions to charity or funds are solicited on the street, or as...
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Noun

tag day (plural tag days)

  1. (Canada, US, Bermuda) A fundraising day on which contributions to charity or funds are solicited on the street, or as donations to a charitable event, and tags given to contributors to wear as evidence of their contributions.
    • "And Annie's wearing out eighty dollars' worth of tyres to collect seventy-five dollars for the British Red Cross- -this is their tag day, you know."1919, Jack London, On the Makaloa Mat: Island Tales
    • "Disband, indeed!" she whispered sibilantly. "We'll have a tag day and a rummage sale and I'll get up a dicker party and some theatricals. Disband, indeed!"1922, Emma Speed Sampson, Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman

Forms of tag day

pluraltag days

Questions about tag day

What does tag day mean?
Tag day means a fundraising day on which contributions to charity or funds are solicited on the street, or as donations to a charitable event, and tags given to contributors to wear as evidence of their contributions.
What part of speech is tag day?
Tag day is a noun.
What is the plural of tag day?
The plural of tag day is tag days.

Words near tag day in the dictionary

  1. tag and rag
  2. tag board
  3. tag boards
  4. tag cloud
  5. tag clouds
  6. tag day
  7. tag days
  8. tag end
  9. tag ends
  10. tag group
  11. tag groups

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