The phrase "a holiday back" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used informally to refer to a holiday that occurred some time ago, but it is not commonly accepted.
Example: "I remember a holiday back when we visited the beach and had a great time."
Alternatives: "a while ago" or "some time ago".
New York declared the day a holiday back in 1873, and the rest of the Northern states followed.
The old trunks are marvelous to admire, especially a vitrine that includes piles of roughly 26 varieties of gray, striped and Damier checked canvas trunks, or roughly what the affluent traveler of 1882 would require for a holiday, back in the lovely days before checked-baggage fees.
There are few things more irritating than a canceled flight, whether it's on your way to a friend's wedding, a conference or to celebrate a holiday back home.
Although it's primarily a recipe book – perfect for reliving a summer holiday back at home – it also contains destination information and photos, plus details of the region's key dishes and ingredients.
On a family holiday back to my hometown, things took a dramatic turn in Yass which resulted in me dropping my elderly Nan at a truck stop in the middle of the night to catch the bus home to my Pop and then dropping the boys' father to Canberra airport for him to catch a plane home to Sydney and we turned around and drove home to South Australia and we never looked back.
South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, known throughout his career as an arch-segregationist, voted for MLK Day to be a Federal holiday, back in 1983.
Besides, the last time corporations got a tax holiday back in 2004, it failed in its goals to create jobs or increase U.S. investments.
Michael Hann It is 1987 and we are driving back home from an amazing camping holiday, back in the days when that phrase was not an oxymoron.
Paul, after a couple of days of holiday back in Texas after the Iowa caucuses, returned to the fray Friday, making Nashua his first campaign stop.
In 1975, President Gerald Ford signed a law that moved the holiday back to Nov. 11, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
It's a reminder that we could do this almost any day of the year: declare a holiday, stand back, and consider the ebb and flow of the world we live in.
