hols

See also: Hols

English

Etymology

Clipping of holidays.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒlz

Noun

hols pl (plural only)

1. (UK, Ireland, informal) Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).

   Where are you off to on your hols this year?

   • 1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 1, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998:

     "A lot of queer things happened to me in the hols," said Eustace mysteriously.

Anagrams

• Sohl, Losh, losh, Ohls, LOHs, Lohs

Middle English

Noun

hols

1. Alternative form of hals (“neck, throat”)