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half-holiday

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n.1.a day on which half of the day is free from work or duty; a holiday of one half of a day.
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Noun1.half-holiday - a day on which half is free from work or duty
holiday - a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"
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half-holiday [ˈhɑːfˈhɒlɪdɪ] N (Brit) (Scol) → fiesta f de media jornada; (in shop) → descanso m


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Yes, Joe; but what I wanted to say, was, that as we are rather slack just now, if you would give me a half-holiday to-morrow, I think I would go up-town and make a call on Miss Est - Havisham.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
I think, boys,' said the schoolmaster when the clock struck twelve, 'that I shall give an extra half-holiday this afternoon.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
His class doesn't meet on the Saturday half-holiday.
I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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