hols

See also: Hols

English

Etymology

Clipping of holidays.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒlz

Noun

hols pl (plural only)

  1. (Britain, informal) Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).
    Where are you off to on your hols this year?
    • 1953, C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair, Collins, 1998, Chapter 1,
      "A lot of queer things happened to me in the hols," said Eustace mysteriously.

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

hols

  1. Alternative form of hals (“neck, throat”)
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