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Definition of August Bank Holiday noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

August Bank Holiday

noun

/ˌɔːɡəst bæŋk ˈhɒlədeɪ/

/ˌɔːɡəst bæŋk ˈhɑːlədeɪ/

(also Summer Bank Holiday)

[usually singular]

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(in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) a bank holiday on the last Monday in August
- We got stuck in the August Bank Holiday traffic on the way back.
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