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legal holiday
noun
a public holiday established by law, during
which
certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
Origin:
1865–70,
Americanism
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legal holiday
—
n
(
US
) Also called (Canadian):
statutory holiday
, Brit equivalent:
bank holiday
any of several weekdays which are observed as national holidays
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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