Toussaintn.
/ˈtuːsã/ The feast of All Saints (1 November).
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1930 K. Boyle Plagued by Nightingale (1931) xxv. 246 They would linger in the country..perhaps even until the Toussaint.
1955 Caribbean Q. 4 ii. (verso front cover) In many West Indian Islands, especially but not exclusively those under Catholic influence, it is customary to keep the Festival of All Saints, or Toussaint.
1979 N. Freeling Widow xxxiv. 210 The flowers for mum's birthday or the Toussaint.
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