Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
hols [holz] ExamplesWord Origin plural noun
- Sometimes hol. British Informal. holiday(def 5).
Origin of hols by shortening Examples from the Web for hols Historical Examples of hols
I went to see a play in the hols, and I thought I’d like to write one, too.
St. John G. Ervine
She had Father out of bed the day after he got influenza last Easter hols.
George A. Birmingham
They all treat me as if I was a schoolboy home for the hols.
Arnold Bennett
You mean that a schoolboy home for the hols isn’t necessarily something escaped out of the Zoo.
Arnold Bennett
I collared a lot of flannel out of a box in Aunt Juliet’s room last ‘hols’ and gave it to her for the baby.
George A. Birmingham
British Dictionary definitions for hols hols pl n
- British school slang holidays