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Old 10-25-2012, 01:32 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967 View Post
I'm assuming that this isn't known outside of the UK.

It's "busman's holiday".
Exactly so. I hadn't realised it was so local. It's why the last Lord Peter Wimsey book by Dorothy L Sayers is called "Busman's Honeymoon".
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