mini-breakn.
/ˈmɪnɪbreɪk/, U.S. /ˈmɪniˌbreɪk/ Chiefly British.
1. A short holiday; esp. one lasting only two or three days and spanning a weekend.
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1968 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) 29 Oct. 5/4 Package holiday from any one of 23 English centres, including accommodation and the option of car-hire offered by British Railways and a mini-break scheme to be operated by David MacBrayne, Ltd.
1975 Daltons Weekly 2 Oct. 5/1 (advt.) Bargain mini-breaks from £3 per day.
1982 Financial Times 30 Jan. 7/5 [The brochure] offers discounted rates in hotels and self-catering establishments for mini-breaks.
1998 B. Elton Blast from Past (1999) xvii. 104 Polly would..read the hotel brochures, never tiring of news of mini-breaks for two in the Cotswolds, the Peaks and the heart of England's glorious Lakeland.
2. Tennis. A point won on one's opponent's serve during a tie-break.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > score
deuce1598
advantage1775
mini-break1981
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > score or stage of game
match ball1849
game ball1853
games all1853
game, set, and match1879
vantage1884
advantage point1889
game point1903
ad1915
match point1921
van1927
set point1928
ad point1939
break point1975
mini-break1981
1981 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 10 July With points at 2-2, Drewett netted a forehand volley on his serve to give Pfister a mini-break.
1993 B. Gilbert & S. Jamison Winning Ugly (1994) i. 12 It's exactly where I don't want to be, down a mini-break in a tiebreaker that could send me back home.
2014 Daily Tel. 15 Aug. (Sport section) 17/2 Murray secured a mini-break on the second point before moving 3–1 ahead.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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