hols

/hɒlz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

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Meaning

noun

British usage; Informal

"Where are you off to on your hols this year?"
""A lot of queer things happened to me in the hols," said Eustace mysteriously."
"[Dr Bullard]'s on his hols. I'm standing in. Anyway, this one's a doddle. Death by strangulation, about five or six days ago at a guess."

Clipping of holidays.

lolz

Questions

How do you pronounce hols?

The recorded pronunciation is /hɒlz/.

What does hols mean?

Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).

Where does hols come from?

Clipping of holidays.

How to pronounce hols

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