August Bank Holiday

August Bank Holiday
(also Summer Bank Holiday) n [usu sing]
(in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) a bank holiday on the last Monday in August, when many people go to the coast, or to events such as the Edinburgh Festival or the Notting Hill Carnival:

We got stuck in the August Bank Holiday traffic on the way back.

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