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
I’m currently in Oz on hols and haven’t heard anyone blame pitches or unfair clouds.
From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 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
The summer hols are a prolonged period in which our children can find out who they really are and really be themselves – without the restrictive rules and regulations of school to confine them.
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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