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- noun UK Someone who is on
holiday .
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Examples
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Britain, for example, gives two-year working holiday-maker visas for young Australians going to the UK.
Republic: Speech to Australia-Britain Society Alex Allan 2009
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I would say that it could only happen to me, but you always hear on the news the how many Brits do exactly the same; typical English holiday-maker: see the sun, get in it, get burned.
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Many an honest holiday-maker with his family wadded into a tax-cart, many a cheap dandy working his way home on his weary hack, admired that brilliant turn-out, and thought, no doubt, how happy those “swells” must be.
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"I have never seen snow like that," said South African holiday-maker Doug Milne upon his return.
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Gunmen shot dead a South African holiday-maker and wounded two others in an ambush outside the Mozambican capital Maputo, SABC radio news reported on Saturday.
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A gunman shot dead a South African holiday-maker and wounded two others in an ambush outside the Mozambican capital Maputo, one of the the survivors said on Saturday night.
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She twisted to stare at him, thinking the casual clothes of a holiday-maker in Rome suited him far better than the sober attire he wore for Vatican audiences.
The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977
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It boasts excellent hotels, fine beaches, possesses every facility for boating and bathing and can offer all the other forms of amusement which a holiday-maker is likely to require.
Death of a Delft Blue Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1964
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The sportsman, the agriculturist, the holiday-maker, likewise the livery-stable keeper, and the umbrella manufacturer would, _cum multis aliis_, be all represented; Songs without Words; the Sailor's Hope; then wind instruments; solo violin; the Maiden's Prayer for her
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 26, 1891 Various
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The country all about abounds in objects of beauty and interest, yet is all too often neglected by the holiday-maker at the neighbouring seaside towns a few miles away, or the scurrying motorist speeding down along the Plymouth road.
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