half-holiday

American  

[haf-hol-i-dey, hahf-] / ˈhæfˈhɒl ɪˌdeɪ, ˈhɑf- /

noun

1. a holiday limited to half a working day or half an academic day.

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half holiday British  

noun

1. a day of which either the morning or the afternoon is a holiday

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Etymology

Origin of half-holiday

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

“Then, as in general you stick to your work as well as most men,” said Joe, “let it be a half-holiday for all.”

From Literature

Friday: Early hockey on a half-holiday Friday afternoon?

From Washington Post

It's our half-holiday, and if Cara will help me on Tuesday evening I can get my lessons done, so that I needn't do any on Wednesday.

From Project Gutenberg

They obtained the Saturday half-holiday, and also release from work on the vigils of all feast days, and there were nearly forty of these in the year.

From Project Gutenberg

He met his Housemaster but seldom, for he was naturally excluded from such unofficial hospitalities as Sunday breakfasts and half-holiday teas.

From Project Gutenberg