hols

American

[holz] / hɒlz /

plural noun

British Informal. Sometimes hol holiday.

hols British

/ hɒlz /

plural noun

slang:school holidays

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Etymology

Origin of hols

By shortening

Example Sentences

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Thank you for the mystical stimulus over the hols!

From Scientific American • Jan. 12, 2020

Media outlets detail the books that cultural figures are taking on their hols.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2018

I’m currently in Oz on hols and haven’t heard anyone blame pitches or unfair clouds.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2015

With few funds for advertising, he hit on a marketing ploy of making sure Swedes could buy the beverage when they travelled south to the Mediterranean on their summer hols.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2013

“Firms only just back from the Christmas hols, that’s why. Still, Oxford’s hardly the ends of the earth, is it, Mrs. Rhydd? Be going up to see Dad soon, will we?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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