traditional holiday

collocation in English

meaningsoftraditionalandholiday

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traditional
adjective
uk
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/us
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/
following or belonging to the customs or ways of behaving that have continued in a group of people or society for a long time ...
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holiday
noun
uk
/ˈhɒl.ə.deɪ/us
/ˈhɑː.lə.deɪ/
UK ; ;
a time when someone does not go to work or school but is free to do what they want, such as travel ...
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(Definition oftraditionalandholidayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is no established pattern oftraditionalholidayweeks in most major cities.
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So we ourselves are partly to blame for the tremendous enthusiasm which we have built up around thetraditionalholidayperiod.
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I think that, as far as this country goes, the arrangements for paying benefit are not relaxed in thetraditionalholidayweeks.
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Competitors have bargains to offer,traditionalholidayperiods and habits are changing, and, not least, new trends are becoming evident.
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I consider that misplaced, as caravans do not require the same servicing by public authorities astraditionalholidayaccommodation.
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Thetraditionalholidaymarket is changing and, increasingly, the familiar package is just one of a number of holiday products from which consumers can choose.
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The tourist season for people watching birds and going to look a flowering plants is rather earlier and longer thantraditionalholiday-making tourism, so it has some economic usefulness.
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Thetraditionalholidayhas not always been a public holiday, but was rather recently reinstated to official status.
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Family members often gather to cook lefse as a group effort because the process is more enjoyable as atraditionalholidayactivity.
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Traditionalholidaymakers also add to the numbers, especially in the summer when they occupy many of the holiday rentals.
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If the employee would normally work on the particular weekend then it remains atraditionalholidayand the employee is entitled to that day off on pay.
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It is the most joyoustraditionalholiday.
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The basic problem is that there is no popular market for traditional holidays in seaside resorts.
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The owners do not regard themselves as bound by our traditional holidays.
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I hope that when dates are suggested it will be remembered that in certain parts of the country there are well-known traditional holidays.
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More seriously, there are certain traditional holidays.
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Pithas are enjoyed on traditional holidays, while savory pithas are more common at other times of the year.
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The public, however, resisted the change and continued to observe traditional holidays.
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