Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

busman's holidays

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
bus-man-'s hol-i-days
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does busman's holidays mean?
plural of busman's holiday

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