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Definition of
busman's holiday noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
busman's holiday
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˌbʌsmənz ˈhɑlədeɪ
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/
[
singular
]
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a vacation that is spent doing the same thing that you do at work
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