Nobody pays an egg-producer around the end of October (9)

I believe the answer is:

halloween

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(Other definitions for halloween that I've seen before include "Night of October thirty-first" , "special night" , "Trick or treat day" , "The eve of All Saints' Day" , "31st October" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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