aholt

[ uh-hohlt ]

/ əˈhoʊlt /

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QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 12

On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Whin Oi swung down me left arrum wuz straight up, aholt av th' limb, an' the right wan wuz steadyin' me pack.
Adventures in Alaska|Samuel Hall Young
You remember me telling how I grabbed aholt of a large wooden box and floated on to a dry spot.
Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas|Rupert Hughes
My hand has des nachelly itched to take aholt o' dat crowd many a day—an' ever sence I buried Numa of co'se I see de way was open.
Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches|Ruth McEnery Stuart
An' when that ther idee took aholt it seemed as if I couldn't rest till I saw ye.
Bunch Grass|Horace Annesley Vachell

He wants a live young man to take aholt with his ranch, and a live young woman to run the shebang.
Bunch Grass|Horace Annesley Vachell