harvest-home

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CIDE DICTIONARY

harvest-home, n.

The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest. [1913 Webster]
"Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home." [1913 Webster]
The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. [1913 Webster]
The opportunity of gathering treasure. Shak. [1913 Webster]

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harvest-home

Celebration

N celebration, solemnization, jubilee, commemoration, ovation, paean, triumph, jubilation, ceremony (rite), holiday, fiesta, zarabanda, revelry, feast (amusement), china anniversary, diamond anniversary, golden anniversary, silver anniversary, tin anniversary, china jubilee, diamond jubilee, golden jubilee, silver jubilee, tin jubilee, china wedding, diamond wedding, golden wedding, silver wedding, tin wedding, triumphal arch, bonfire, salute, salvo, salvo of artillery, feu de joie, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, colors flying, illuminations, inauguration, installation, presentation, coronation, Lord Mayor's show, harvest-home, red-letter day, trophy, Te Deum, fete, holiday, Forefathers' Day, celebrating, commemorative, celebrated, immortal, in honor of, in commemoration of, Int, hail!, all hail!, io paean, io triumphe!, see the conquering hero comes!.