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hey·day  (hd)
n.
The period of greatest popularity, success, or power; prime.

[Perhaps alteration of heyda, exclamation of pleasure, probably alteration of Middle English hey, hey.]

heyday
Noun
the time of most power, popularity, or success: the heyday of classical composition [probably based on hey]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.heyday - the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
golden age - a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak; "it was the golden age of cinema"

heyday
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Spanish heyday [ˈheɪdeɪ] n the heyday of → el apogeo de
French heyday [ˈheɪdeɪ] n the heyday of → l'âge m d'or de, les beaux jours de
German heyday [ˈheɪdeɪ] n the heyday of (person) → die Glanzzeit +gen;
(nation, group etc) → die Blütezeit +gen

Italian heyday [ˈheɪdeɪ] n the heyday of → i bei giorni di, l'età d'oro di

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In Lady Russell's view, it was perfectly natural that Mr Elliot, at a mature time of life, should feel it a most desirable object, and what would very generally recommend him among all sensible people, to be on good terms with the head of his family; the simplest process in the world of time upon a head naturally clear, and only erring in the heyday of youth.
She has beauty still, and if it be not in its heyday, it is not yet in its autumn.
On the following evening, at the usual hour, Van Baerle heard some one scratch at the grated little window, just as Rosa had been in the habit of doing in the heyday of their friendship.
 
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