NOUN
- a memorably happy or noteworthy day (from the custom of marking holy days in red on church calendars)
How To Use red-letter day In A Sentence
- On that red-letter day when I was alone in the house for the first time one eagle sat in a favorite perch tree across the river. Bird Cloud
- For her such red-letter days were surrogates for the moments she would never see. Times, Sunday Times
- Because feast days in such almanacs and calendars were frequently written or printed in red, a red-letter day came to be a term for one that was special.
- He was ravenous for the sweets that only on red-letter days he had ever tasted in his life. THE APOSTATE: written by Jack London
- I came back from a wonderful week in Capri in time for a hot, dusty Fourth of July, rather a red-letter day for many young birds taking their first flights. Bird Cloud
- On one red-letter day he sent 19 witches to their deaths. The Blame Game
- It's for a shirt or a red-letter day. The Sun
- It was a red-letter day for United, who won a place in Saturday's final.
- Finally the couple may be celebrating a birthday, a wedding anniversary or some other red-letter day.
- The red-letter days keep coming. Times, Sunday Times
