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holiday-maker

British  

noun

  1. US and Canadian equivalents: vacationer.   vacationist.  a person who goes on holiday

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One holiday-maker, returning to DSA, told BBC Look North: "I'm disgusted. It's a waste of a good runway."

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2022

The Minister was put in mind of a holiday-maker settling into a sand dune.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 3, 2014

Suddenly, one of the groups move in on a young holiday-maker, using the Ronaldinho tactic.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2012

"The British holiday-maker takes a very pragmatic view of possible risks, and will only consider canceling trips if there is a very real danger," said Sean Tipton, spokesman from the British travel agents.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2010

The thorn of the Parisian holiday-maker is the perpetual necessity of handing out small gratuities to a set of overgrown flunkies too lazy to split wood.

From Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge by Leacock, Stephen

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