wakes

noun

A community holiday, particularly in northern England.

Related words

wakes week

Example sentences

“As soon as he wakes up, he gets up.”
Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0
“The phone usually wakes me up.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

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This definition is adapted from “wakes” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.