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busman’s holiday

bus·man's hol·i·day [ bùssmənz hólli dày ] (plural bus·man's hol·i·days)


noun 
Definition:
 
vacation like normal work: a vacation or leisure activity that is similar to the work somebody normally engages in ( informal )

[Probably < drivers of horse-drawn buses being driven around on their own bus]
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