hols
See also: Hols
English
Etymology
Clipping of holidays.
Pronunciation
Audio (southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒlz
Noun
hols pl (plural only)
- (Britain, informal) Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).
- Where are you off to on your hols this year?
- 1953, C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair, Collins, 1998, Chapter 1,
- "A lot of queer things happened to me in the hols," said Eustace mysteriously.
Anagrams
- Lohs, Losh, Sohl, losh
Middle English
Noun
hols
- Alternative form of hals (“neck, throat”)