hols
See also: Hols
English
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editAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒlz
Noun
edithols pl (plural only)
- (UK, 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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editNoun
edithols
- Alternative form of hals (“neck, throat”)