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red-letter

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red-let·ter (rdltr)
adj.
Memorably happy: a red-letter day.
[From the practice of marking in red the holy days in church calendars.]
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Adj.1.red-letter - memorable for being a special occasion; "on red-letter nights a large gathering greeted the celebrity"
unforgettable - impossible to forget


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