Hoad
[ hohd ]
/ hoʊd /
noun
Lew(is Alan), 1934–94, Australian tennis player.
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Example sentences from the Web for Hoad
They will soon knock into shape, for Colonel Hoad hates the sight of a slovenly horseman as badly as a duck hates a dust storm.
"An insolent Englishman has dared to cross the Hoad," he was murmuring to himself.
In the grip of the Mullah|F. S. Brereton