School holiday (4-4)

I believe the answer is:

half-term

'school holiday' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Another definition for half-term that I've seen is " Short school holiday".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Telegraph.

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