"red letter day" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

Audio: En-au-red letter day.ogg Forms: red letter days [plural]
  1. Jour à marquer d’une pierre blanche. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-red_letter_day-en-noun-uIN8j11C Categories (other): Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: day of days
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    "→ voir red, letter et day, littéralement « jour en lettre rouge »."
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