alcoholiday

Blend of alcohol +‎ holiday

• IPA^(key): /ˌælkəˈhɒlɪdeɪ/

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alcoholiday (plural alcoholidays)

1. (informal) A period of time during which one deliberately abstains from alcohol.
   • 1942, The Rotarian, volume 41, number 3, page 43:

     We often add an admonition to take an alcoholiday.

2. (informal) A holiday spent drinking alcohol.
   • 1920, International Brewers' Journal, volume 56, page 450:

     There will be loss of time and loss of work on this account, and instead of half-holidays there will, too often it is to be feared, be half-alcoholidays.