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hols

/hɒlz/

hols noun: holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).

Noun

hols pl (plural only)

  1. (Ireland, UK, informal, plural, plural-only) Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).
    • Where are you off to on your hols this year?
    • "A lot of queer things happened to me in the hols," said Eustace mysteriously.1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 1, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998

Origin of hols

Clipping of holidays.

Words that rhyme with hols

Questions about hols

What does hols mean?
Hols means holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).
What part of speech is hols?
Hols is a noun.
How do you pronounce hols?
Hols is pronounced /hɒlz/ (UK).

Words near hols in the dictionary

  1. holpen
  2. Holroyd
  3. Holroyde
  4. Holroydes
  5. Holroyds
  6. hols
  7. Holsapple
  8. Holsapples
  9. Holscher
  10. Holschers
  11. Holsclaw

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