Sekirov Dictionary

Guy Fawkes

verb 3
noun 1
forms 3

verb3

To celebrate Guy Fawkes Night.
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To blow up a building as an act of political sabotage.
- I could be at least a messenger to the higher-ups who'd be busy Guy-Fawkesing the Drake Hotel or the Palmer House – because it was that to Eddie Dawson, hauling up gunpowder in the tunnels. — 1953
•
To execute by hanging.
- With Jackson and Stuart alive, and with Davis and his cabinet, Hood, Daniel and the Pollards, all Guy Fawkesed at an early period of the conflict, what might not have been the result ? — 1869

noun1

•
An effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned as part of the Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.
- Guy Fawkeses of great pretension were paraded in various towns of the kingdom, and the exhibitors realized contributions far exceeding the usual donations. — 1851

forms

Guy Fawkesed · Guy Fawkesing · Guy Fawkeses

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