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ˈhome-leave
[home n.1 6.]
Leave, often of fairly lengthy duration, granted to officials and others serving overseas.
1923Kipling Irish Guards in Gt. War I. p. viii, Their short home-leaves gave them sudden changes to the tense home atmosphere. 1946Nature 7 Sept. 320/2 Home-leave at regular intervals and free, or at least assisted, passages for themselves and their families..should be provided for officers whose homes are not in the Colony in which they serve. 1962Times 6 Aug. 9/6 The parents' frequent home-leaves. 1973Guardian 30 May 15 Lieutenant Mark Phillips..was hurried off to Germany to join his regiment... Within the fortnight he was back again on weekend leave, prompting Mr. Arthur Lewis to ask a Parliamentary question..about whether officers of the Queen's Dragoon Guards got special privileges for home leave. |