Old Year, noun phrase

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AfrikaansShow more Translation of Afrikaans Oujaarsdag, -aand, -nag.
In the phrases Old Year’s Day, Old Year’s Eve, Old Year’s Night.
New Year’s Eve, the 31st of December.
1983 Frontline Feb. 52There was Old Year’s Night in the Parys Hotel. About a hundred local people mixing in and having fun in the traditional platteland style.
1983 F.G. Butler Bursting World 278On Old Year’s Night we had a hell of a party.
1987 A. Soule et al. Wynand du Toit Story 119My next surprise came early in the morning on Old Year’s Day.
1993 G. Pearce in Natal Mercury 30 Dec. 18There are those who describe tomorrow as ‘Old Year’s Eve’, something I’ve never quite understood because tomorrow, like December 24th, is the eve of the Big Day. Therefore it follows..that Today is Old Year’s Eve, because it is the Day Before New Year’s Eve, the eve of the final day of the Old Year. And tomorrow would then be on the eve of the New Year.
New Year’s Eve, the 31st of December.
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