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- noun UK Going on
holiday .
Etymologies
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Examples
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UKHolidaySwapShop.co.uk was founded by husband and wife Dave and Jackie Wiltshire, who wanted to pioneer a new way of British holidaymaking.
Get a holiday for under 15 Quid! Thatsnews 2009
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UKHolidaySwapShop.co.uk was founded by husband and wife Dave and Jackie Wiltshire, who wanted to pioneer a new way of British holidaymaking.
Archive 2009-03-01 Thatsnews 2009
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The substantial homes sprung up in the heydays of Edwardian holidaymaking when there were plans to extend the railways as far as Happsibrugh, and build an esplanade.
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We did not think it important to tell the readers where it had landed, leaving some of them with holidaymaking relatives in Glasgow concerned for their safety.
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As long-distance holidaymaking becomes more affordable to the middle classes, the elite are ready to dig ever deeper into their wallets to stay apart from the herd.
Do Not Disturb 2007
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As long-distance holidaymaking becomes more affordable to the middle classes, the elite are ready to dig ever deeper into their wallets to stay apart from the herd.
DO NOT DISTURB 2007
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As long-distance holidaymaking becomes more affordable to the middle classes, the elite are ready to dig deeper into their wallets to stay apart from the herd.
IN SEARCH OF PRIVACY 2007
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People were all holidaymaking (if that can be where there is no work), and enjoying themselves, the surf-bathers in the sea, and hundreds of gaily-dressed men and women galloping on the beach.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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His intention was to make all of Rome-and Italy - aware that the bad times were over; and what better way to do that than to give the whole country over to feasting and holidaymaking?
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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The Saint had half-turned in his seat to survey the spectators with casual interest, and his gaze had just stopped thoughtfully at two vaguely familiar-looking men whom he couldn't for the moment place in either the boat-racing or the holidaymaking group — both were overdressed and one was unusually fat, with a drooping moustache — when the Coroner spoke again.
Salvage for the Saint Charteris, Leslie, 1907- 1983
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