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BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does busman's holiday mean?
• BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY (noun)
The noun BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY has 1 sense:
1. a holiday where you do the same things you do at work
Familiarity information: BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A holiday where you do the same things you do at work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("busman's holiday" is a kind of...):
vacationing (the act of taking a vacation)
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