half-holiday
noun
a holiday limited to half a working day or half an academic day.
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half holiday
half holidaynouna day of which either the morning or the afternoon is a holiday
half-holiday
American
[haf-hol-i-dey, hahf-]
/ ˈhæfˈhɒl ɪˌdeɪ, ˈhɑf- /
noun
half holiday
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of half-holiday
First recorded in 1545–55
Example Sentences
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Friday: Early hockey on a half-holiday Friday afternoon?
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2016
Frugal Edinburgh gave its pupils a half-holiday in honor of Elizabeth's blond, blue-eyed baby and an Aberdeen woman celebrated her 100th birthday with the wish that Britain's princeling might live to celebrate his.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is a half-holiday conceded to the slack-jawed weariness of the city.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some wanted to declare the half-holiday ended, argued that abnormal loans would cease just as withdrawals of cash from banks ended after the bank holiday.
From Time Magazine Archive
“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 "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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