hols

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English

Etymology

Clipping of holidays.

Pronunciation

Noun

hols pl (plural only)

  1. (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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Middle English

Noun

hols

  1. Alternative form of hals (neck, throat)