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- noun a short vacation about halfway through a school term
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Examples
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A half-term governor and failed vice presidential candidate used gunsights to mark legislative districts targeted for defeat.
Norm Stamper: "Please Don't Be Mad at Me" Norm Stamper 2011
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Much of last week, for Britain, was wasted while David Cameron pottered around the Middle East with a posse of arms manufacturers and Nick Clegg strapped his half-term skis on.
Libya: Gaddafi's cronies must desert or be damned | Observer editorial 2011
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As if the good people of Kentucky didn't have it bad enough with a senator like Jim Bunning, now they'll have to listen to the idiotic rantings of half-term Gov.
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A half-term governor and failed vice presidential candidate used gunsights to mark legislative districts targeted for defeat.
Norm Stamper: "Please Don't Be Mad at Me" Norm Stamper 2011
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More than 2 million people are expected to pass through UK airports this weekend as travellers start the half-term getaway.
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I visited I-knit as a half-term treat a few weeks ago and was impressed by the range of publications and impedimenta on sale, more really than the yarn. - for example, a shawl pin with an ebony stick to secure it.
St Patrick's Day Jean 2009
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The forecast for the end of week and start of the half-term school holidays is for the unsettled weather to continue, but eventually improve as the wind changes direction.
Cold winds and snow forecast for UK Matthew Weaver 2010
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We're now midway through that period, and the information commissioner – the guy who will have to enforce the new rules – has just issued a half-term report on how things are going.
EU cookie laws could cause unwary firms to get their fingers burnt 2011
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Now comes a poll that shows likely Republican voters in Iowa -- home of the first-in-the-nation caucus -- are cooling to the half-term governor's charms.
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It's a shame the same can't be said about the half-term Governor Sarah Palin. barry g
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