half-holiday
- n a day on which half is free from work or duty
- Supporters were trucked in from the countryside to join Habaneras who were given a half-holiday for a "Date with the Fatherland.
- He decreed a half-holiday for all government workers, and of course a parade.
- Frugal Edinburgh gave its pupils a half-holiday in honor of Elizabeth's blond, blue-eyed baby and an Aberdeen woman celebrated her 100th birthday with the wish that Britain's .