half-holiday

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhalf-holidayˌhalf-ˈholiday noun [countable] British English old-fashionedHOLIDAY an afternoon in which children do not have to go school SYN half dayExamples from the Corpushalf-holiday• Decorations for bravery won by past pupils were announced at morning prayers, and invariably earned the boys a half-holiday.• A half-holiday was granted in celebration: a reminder of the days when Pemberton granted half-holidays to celebrate his birthday.

单词	half-holiday
释义	half-holiday From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhalf-holidayˌhalf-ˈholiday noun [countable] British English old-fashionedHOLIDAY an afternoon in which children do not have to go school SYN half dayExamples from the Corpushalf-holiday• Decorations for bravery won by past pupils were announced at morning prayers, and invariably earned the boys a half-holiday.• A half-holiday was granted in celebration: a reminder of the days when Pemberton granted half-holidays to celebrate his birthday.
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