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bonfire (one word) is a contraction of "bone fire" -- referring to an ancient Celtic practice of burning the bones of ancestors. These days it refers to large outdoor fires, usually built and burned in the fall near Halloween, or in England, on bonfire day, which I believe is November 5 -- Guy Fawkes day. The word bonfire does not appear to be of French origin.

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