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half-holiday
[ haf-hol-i-dey, hahf- ]
noun
- a holiday limited to half a working day or half an academic day.
half holiday
noun
- a day of which either the morning or the afternoon is a holiday
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of half-holiday1
First recorded in 1545–55
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“Then, as in general you stick to your work as well as most men,” said Joe, “let it be a half-holiday for all.”
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Friday: Early hockey on a half-holiday Friday afternoon?
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It's our half-holiday, and if Cara will help me on Tuesday evening I can get my lessons done, so that I needn't do any on Wednesday.
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They obtained the Saturday half-holiday, and also release from work on the vigils of all feast days, and there were nearly forty of these in the year.
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He met his Housemaster but seldom, for he was naturally excluded from such unofficial hospitalities as Sunday breakfasts and half-holiday teas.
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