hols

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of holidays.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒlz

Noun[edit]

hols pl (plural only)

  1. (British, Ireland, informal) Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).
    Where are you off to on your hols this year?
    • 1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 1, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998:
      "A lot of queer things happened to me in the hols," said Eustace mysteriously.

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Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

hols

  1. Alternative form of hals (“neck, throat”)
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