| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| busman’s holiday |
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| A vacation during which a person engages in activity that is the same as or similar to his or her usual employment: “Our Spanish professor had a busman’s holiday this year; she spent her entire vacation doing research in Spain.” | 1 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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