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- the member of parliament met his wife while on holiday in the south of France
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- saw kangaroos while holidaying in Australia
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“Holiday.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holiday. Accessed 18 January 2020.
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The first known use of holiday was before the 12th century
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