hols

[ holz ]

plural noun

1. Sometimes hol. British Informal. holiday ( def 5 ).

hols

/ hɒlz /

plural noun

1. slang:school.
   holidays

Word History and Origins

Origin of hols¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

You mean that a schoolboy home for the hols isn't necessarily something escaped out of the Zoo.

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It might”—he opened his pale eyes with a startled look—“it might have come on in the hols!

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I collared a lot of flannel out of a box in Aunt Juliet's room last 'hols' and gave it to her for the baby.

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It was just before the hols when it happened, so, of course, Aunt Juliet had to be my principal victim.

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"Shall try to get over to see you chaps in the hols.," declared Masters, on the eve of departure.

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