new-year

new-year is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes. NEW YEAR'S DAY New" Year's` Day". the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year's or new year.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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