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busman's holiday leisure
time spent doing something similar to what one does at work. (Alludes to a bus driver going on a bus tour for his vacation or on a day off.) Tutoring students in the evening is a busman's holiday for our English teacher. It's a bit of a busman's holiday to ask her to be wardrobe mistress for our amateur production in the summer. She's a professional dressmaker.
See also: holiday, leisure
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!
See also: holiday
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The result, combined with three points awarded to the busmen after a recent ineligibility issue, took First to the top of Division II, one point clear of Waterloo, who have three games in hand.
Boustead hat trick is clincher; Stay on the ball with your Examiner ... by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Tory county councillors applauded when the meeting was told that West Midlands busmen had accepted a 6 per cent pay offer.
'No redundancy' pledge to county's firemen by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
The two busmen carried out the unofficial cull at the Go North East coach depot in Stanley and shot the birds before stamping on their dying bodies.
Pigeon cull protest by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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