spring break

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noun

a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.

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Origin of spring break

First recorded in 1955–60

Loann, 37, was a science teacher on spring break looking for kid-friendly activities.
How Ryan Kaji Became the Most Popular 10-Year-Old in the World|Belinda Luscombe|November 12, 2021|Time
It’s about a million fewer people than the normal spring break numbers of Before Times.
Grandma hugs beat out piña coladas for our pandemic-era spring break|Petula Dvorak|April 8, 2021|Washington Post
Officials have installed another two-week buffer of online classes after spring break, when many students will probably leave the campus.
Spring semester at U-Md. will bring more in-person classes, introduce coronavirus vaccine task force|Lauren Lumpkin|December 10, 2020|Washington Post
Two of America’s biggest universities, the University of Texas at Austin and Arizona State University, each with over 50,000 students, are still scheduling spring breaks, as are many other schools.
The pandemic is damaging the economic ecosystems around universities|Geoffrey Colvin|October 30, 2020|Fortune

It was first recognized after spring-break revelers from Queens returned from south of the border.
Flu Outbreak Spreads Across U.S. as Media Drops the Ball|Kent Sepkowitz|January 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST