midholiday
midholiday adjective: pertaining to, or taking place during, the middle part of a holiday or festive period.
Adjective
midholiday (not comparable)
- Pertaining to, or taking place during, the middle part of a holiday or festive period.
- The midholiday season seems to have very little effect on the building material demand in Chicago.1916 January 1, “The Markets”, in American Lumberman, number 2120, Vance Publishing Corporation, page 65
- But on Thanksgiving Day, a midholiday lull settled in, and the airlines still operating were easily able to take up the slack created by the walkouts.1958 November 29, “Nonstriking Airlines Set For Surge Of Passengers”, in East Liverpool Review, volume 80, number 31, page 1
Examples of midholiday in a sentence
- It can also stand on its own as a main course for a midholiday meal.1999, Gloria Kaufer Greene, The "New" Jewish Holiday Cookbook: an International Collection of Recipes and Customs, New York: Times Books...
- The Capital City Mystery Players will perform this comedy whodunit with dinner just in time for your midholiday entertainment.2006 December 22, The Austin Chronicle, volume 26, number 16, page 86:
Forms of midholiday
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Origin of midholiday
From mid- + holiday.
Questions about midholiday
- What does midholiday mean?
- Midholiday means pertaining to, or taking place during, the middle part of a holiday or festive period.
- How do you use midholiday in a sentence?
- It can also stand on its own as a main course for a midholiday meal.
- What part of speech is midholiday?
- Midholiday is an adjective.
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