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birthday

birth·day [ búrth dày, búrthdee ] (plural birth·days)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. day somebody is born: the day on which somebody is born

2. anniversary of day of birth: the day in each year that is the anniversary of the day somebody was born ( often used before a noun )


Cultural Note

The Birthday Party, a play (1958) by British dramatist Harold Pinter. It tells of a young man called Stanley whose comfortable life in a seaside boarding house is disrupted by the arrival of two mysterious and intimidating strangers, Goldberg and McCann. Noted for its sinisterly formal dialogue, the play creates a disturbing atmosphere of paranoia and fear.

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