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half-term

adj

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  1. Pertaining to the half term school holiday.

    • The Roystones took advantage of the long half-term break and went to Paris.
    • 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.
    • The half-term trip to Nethercombe had to be postponed because of her funeral and John felt a new guilt.

  2. Alternative form of half term.

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