half-term
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See also: half term
English
[edit ]Adjective
[edit ]half-term (not comparable )
- (UK ) Pertaining to the half term school holiday.
- 1992, John Penn, Mortal Term, Ulverscroft Large Print, →ISBN:
- The Roystones took advantage of the long half-term break and went to Paris.
- 1997, Maureen Sutton, A Lincolnshire Calendar:
- Before 1974 the children of Lincoln were given an annual day's holiday for the mayor's birthday, but this is now calculated as part of the school Spring half-term holiday, so this seems the best location at which to place it.
- 2012, Marcia Willett, The Courtyard, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- The half-term trip to Nethercombe had to be postponed because of her funeral and John felt a new guilt.
- 2022 November 30, "Stop & Examine", in RAIL, number 971, page 87:
- The cartoon dog made its debut in half-term week in October, featuring on promotional children's tickets as well as fun children's activities such as colouring sheets and spot the difference.
Noun
[edit ]half-term (plural half-terms )
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