long vacation

noun

, British.

1. the summer vacation customary in the law courts and universities.

long vacation

noun

1. the long period of holiday in the summer during which universities, law courts, etc, are closed

Word History and Origins

Origin of long vacation¹

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

There’s a sense of weight off your shoulders—imagine the feeling of laying in your own bed after a long vacation—that doesn’t feel heady or spacey.

From The Daily Beast

Shelley, who had left her apartment and had to wait a month before moving into her new one, delightedly agreed to a long vacation.

From The Daily Beast

Cressida is known to have a wild side, and the week-long vacation in the Caribbean was a hedonistic affair.

From The Daily Beast

Tim has gone back to the city after his first long vacation and here I am alone again.

From Project Gutenberg

And he kept it up all through the long vacation with a pertinacity I should never have given him credit for.

From Project Gutenberg

Because there had been some question as to where the girl should pass the long vacation.

From Project Gutenberg

During the long vacation, the sergeant usually retired to his country seat at Rowell in Northamptonshire.

From Project Gutenberg

Not less generously did he behave to an Oxford student who had come to spend the long vacation at Bath.

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