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Decoration Day

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Dec·o·ra·tion Day  (dk-rshn)
n.
See Memorial Day.
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Noun1.Decoration DayDecoration Day - legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
Memorial Day
legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday - authorized by law and limiting work or official business
May - the month following April and preceding June


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Although he craves the attention his father gives to his mentally retarded older brother and envies the closeness that exists between his mother and his two sisters, he can't resist his more devilish impulses--like running Mabel Cramm's bloomers up the flagpole on Decoration Day, or tipping a spider down the back of Mrs.
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Appropriately, the holiday was called Decoration Day.
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