heyday

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heyday - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heyday \Hey"day`\, interj. [Cf. G. heida, or hei da, D. hei
     daar. Cf. Hey, and There.]
     An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of
     wonder. --B. Jonson.
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  Heyday \Hey"day`\, n. [Prob. for. high day. See High, and
     Day.]
     The time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits,
     frolicsomeness; wildness.
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           The heyday in the blood is tame.         --Shak.
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           In the heyday of their victories.        --J. H.
                                                    Newman.
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heyday - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  heyday
      n 1: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn:
           flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom,
           efflorescence, flush]