hols
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of hols
By shortening
Example Sentences
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Thank you for the mystical stimulus over the hols!
From Scientific American ● Jan. 12, 2020
When we made Beggars Banquet the next year, I felt like: ‘OK, hols are over, old boy, let’s get back to business.’
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2015
With few funds for advertising, he hit on a marketing ploy of making sure Swedes could buy the beverage when they travelled south to the Mediterranean on their summer hols.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2013
After the hols, I get my pupils to write a letter to me telling me about themselves and what they've done in the summer.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2011
"That idiot Amanda," Hortensia said, "has let her long hair grow even longer during the hols and her mother has plaited it into pigtails. Silly thing to do."
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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