SINCE 1828
Bonfire Night
nounDefinition of Bonfire Night
: the night of November 5th observed in Britain with fireworks and bonfires to celebrate the capture in 1605 of a group of people who planned to destroy the buildings of Parliament
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A good fire made of bones
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