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busman's holidays

busman's holidays is the plural of busman's holiday.

Meaning of busman's holiday

Noun

busman's holiday (plural busman's holidays or busmen's holidays)

  1. (idiomatic) A holiday or vacation during which one does something similar to what one does as work.
    • I shall indeed take a holiday soon, probably on the Continent; but it will be a "Busman's Holiday." The bus-driver spends his "day off" in driving on a pal's bus, on the box-seat by his pal's side; and I know that night after night, all through my holiday, I shall be in and out of this hall and...1893 April, Albert Chevalier, “On Costers and Music Halls”, in Clement Kinloch-Cooke, editor, The English Illustrated Magazine, volume X, number 115, London: The Illustrated London News, →OCLC, page...

Questions about busman's holidays

What is busman's holidays the plural of?
Busman's holidays is the plural of busman's holiday.

Words near busman's holidays in the dictionary

  1. buslike
  2. busload
  3. busloads
  4. busman
  5. busman's holiday
  6. busman's holidays
  7. busmate
  8. busmates
  9. busmen
  10. busmen's holidays
  11. Buso

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