half-holiday
[ haf-hol-i-dey, hahf- ]
/ ˈhæfˈhɒl ɪˌdeɪ, ˈhɑf- /
noun
a holiday limited to half a working day or half an academic day.
Origin of half-holiday
First recorded in 1545–55
Words nearby half-holiday
half-glasses,
half-grown,
half-hardy,
half-hearted,
half-hitch,
half-holiday,
half-hoping,
half-hour,
half-human,
half-hunter,
half-inch
British Dictionary definitions for half holiday
half holiday
noun
a day of which either the morning or the afternoon is a holiday