half-holiday

Noun

 * 1) Half of a working or school day set aside for recreation on a special occasion.
 * 2) * 1784, obituary of in , Volume54, Part1, p.72,
 * His memory is still reflected on with a degree of pleasure by some who can revive the long-buried ideas of what passed at that school about the year 1716 or 17; when Sir Daniel was always ready, if any body was wanted, to beg a half-holiday on Tuesday afternoons.
 * 1)  A religious festival lasting for half a day.
 * 1)  A religious festival lasting for half a day.
 * 1)  A religious festival lasting for half a day.
 * 1)  A religious festival lasting for half a day.