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- noun Plural form of
holiday-maker .
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Examples
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This lovely space exudes a sense of quietude rare in this city of power lunches, periodic protests, and swarming holiday-makers.
Katherine Gustafson: A Serene Space at Smithsonian's Center Katherine Gustafson 2011
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Not only did this leave Thomas Cook and market leader Tui to further dominating the package holiday industry, but there was the added bonus of emergency contracts to repatriate some of the 90,000 holiday-makers left stranded overseas.
Thomas Cook is saved – after the short-sellers take a profit 2011
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This huge TripAdvisor-owned portal, which puts holiday-makers in direct contact with owners, has a colossal 51,000 homes worldwide, 6,020 of which are in the UK.
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This lovely space exudes a sense of quietude rare in this city of power lunches, periodic protests, and swarming holiday-makers.
Katherine Gustafson: A Serene Space at Smithsonian's Center Katherine Gustafson 2011
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They include some of the biggest names in internet technology, such as phone service Skype and AirBNB, which has allowed hundreds of thousands of people all over the globe to rent out their spare rooms to holiday-makers.
Tech guru, married to film royalty – Ashton Kutcher's more than a pretty face 2011
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Not surprisingly, Metung attracted a number of distinguished early holiday-makers, some of whom settled there permanently, including the explorer and mineralogist Dr. Alfred Howitt; His Honour Judge John Burnett Box; and John King, the second son of Rear Admiral Philip Parker King.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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September should really be about escaping to places that are still warm but free of the hordes of holiday-makers.
In the Mood to Get Desk (and Life) Sorted Rita Konig 2011
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The controversial move to lower guideline limits for returning holiday-makers is part of a broader package of measures which will see a 20% budget increase for Revenue & Customs' 685-strong anti-smuggling team.
Treasury to cut duty-free tobacco guidelines in £2bn tax clawback effort 2011
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Russia observed a day of mourning for victims of a cruise vessel that sank while crowded with holiday-makers on Sunday.
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"It hasn't got thousands of European holiday-makers lying on the beach."
Asia's Best Beaches 2010
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