alcoholiday

English

Etymology

Blend of alcohol +‎ holiday

Noun

alcoholiday (plural alcoholidays)

  1. (informal) A period of time during which one deliberately abstains from alcohol.
    • 1942, The Rotarian (volume 41, number 3, page 43)
      We often add an admonition to take an alcoholiday.
  2. (informal) A holiday spent drinking alcohol.
    • 1920, International Brewers' Journal (volume 56, page 450)
      There will be loss of time and loss of work on this account, and instead of half-holidays there will, too often it is to be feared, be half-alcoholidays.
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