busman's holiday

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a busman's holiday

time away from work that is spent doing something that is similar to your usual job. Going to the beach is too much of a busman's holiday for him - he's a lifeguard!

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I enjoyed my first Busman's holiday immensely and satisfied myself with a modest glass of Ontario White Wine. Awards business comes full circle by Atkins, Michael / Northern Ontario Business For Scott Kinslow, serving as main chef for the block parties is kind of a busman's holiday. GOOD NEIGHBORS CAN BE FOUND HERE GATHERINGS CONJURE A SIMPLER TIME by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) While Gregory Maguire was assiduously working away, with a less-than-generous deadline, on his review of Philip Pullman's long-awaited The Amber Spyglass (see page 735), I was enjoying a busman's holiday on Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, reading the Horn Book's other preview copy of the same book. Light from Above by R.S. / The Horn Book Magazine More results

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I enjoyed my first Busman's holiday immensely and satisfied myself with a modest glass of Ontario White Wine.

Awards business comes full circle by Atkins, Michael / Northern Ontario Business

For Scott Kinslow, serving as main chef for the block parties is kind of a busman's holiday.

GOOD NEIGHBORS CAN BE FOUND HERE GATHERINGS CONJURE A SIMPLER TIME by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

While Gregory Maguire was assiduously working away, with a less-than-generous deadline, on his review of Philip Pullman's long-awaited The Amber Spyglass (see page 735), I was enjoying a busman's holiday on Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, reading the Horn Book's other preview copy of the same book.

Light from Above by R.S. / The Horn Book Magazine

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