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View synonyms for busman's holiday
busman's holiday
noun
- a vacation or day off from work spent in an activity closely resembling one's work, as a bus driver taking a long drive.
busman's holiday
/ ˈbʌsmənz /
noun
- informal.a holiday spent doing the same sort of thing as one does at work
busman's holiday
- A vacation during which a person engages in activity that is the same as or similar to his or her usual employment: “Our Spanish professor had a busman's holiday this year; she spent her entire vacation doing research in Spain.”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of busman's holiday1
First recorded in 1890–95
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Word History and Origins
Origin of busman's holiday1
C20: alluding to a bus driver having a driving holiday
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Idioms and Phrases
Free time spent in much the same pursuit as one's work. For example, Weather permitting, the lifeguard spent all her days off at the beach—a real busman's holiday . The term alludes to a bus driver spending his day off taking a long bus ride. [Late 1800s]Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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