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pat
leave
(
countable
and
uncountable
,
plural
pat leaves
)
(
informal
)
Clipping of
paternity leave
.
Coordinate term:
mat leave
2008
, Kate Jacobs,
Knit Two
[1]
, Penguin,
→ISBN
:
“When male academics go on
pat leave
, you can be damn sure they're working on projects. It's equal-opportunity publish or perish, leaking breasts or not.”