innocents' day

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innocents' day - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Innocent \In"no*cent\, n.
     1. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with,
        guilt or sin. --Shak.
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     2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an
        idiot. --B. Jonson.
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              In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     Innocents' day (Eccl.), Childermas day.
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innocents' day - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Innocents' Day
      n 1: December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the
           children of Bethlehem [syn: Holy Innocents' Day,
           Innocents' Day]