Meanings
nounhols pl (plural only)
- IrelandUKinformalpluralplural onlyHolidays (time off work or time spent travelling).
Where are you off to on your hols this year?
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"A lot of queer things happened to me in the hols," said Eustace mysteriously.
1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 1, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998[Dr Bullard]'s on his hols. I'm standing in. Anyway, this one's a doddle. Death by strangulation, about five or six days ago at a guess.
1999 February 3, Anthony Horowitz, “Strangler's Wood”, in Midsomer Murders
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Clipping of holidays.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hols
All rhymes →Sounds the same
halls (cot–caught merger)hauls (cot–caught merger)holes (doll–dole merger)
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