Fourth of July

noun

Independence Day.

Origin of Fourth of July

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80

Example sentences from the Web for fourth of july

A Fourth-of-July firecracker once consumed the half of a large city.

The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne |Frank Preston Stearns
I'm as crazy as a Fourth-of-July orator who has forgotten his speech.

Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends |Fanny Fern
The Indian Fourth-of-July celebration took place in an open, treeless prairie.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 |Various
An old man with a grey beard told a long rambling story of a Fourth-of-July celebration of his boyhood.

Windy McPherson's Son |Sherwood Anderson

Her voice was shrill as a night-bird's, and varied by sharp and sudden cracks, like fourth-of-July firecrackers.

North-Pole Voyages |Zachariah Atwell Mudge

British Dictionary definitions for fourth of july

Fourth of July

noun

the Fourth of July a holiday in the United States, traditionally celebrated with fireworks: the day of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 Official name: Independence Day

Cultural definitions for fourth of july

Fourth of July

The day on which the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress in 1776; Independence Day.

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Fourth of July

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Origin of Fourth of July

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