Hoad
[ hohd ]
/ hoʊd /
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noun
Lew(is Alan), 1934–94, Australian tennis player.
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How to use Hoad in a sentence
They have a wooden measure called a m'hoad 40, equal to the small m'hoad of Barbary, where a m'hoad of wheat weighs about 24 lb.
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa|Abd Salam Shabeeny"An insolent Englishman has dared to cross the Hoad," he was murmuring to himself.
In the grip of the Mullah|F. S. BreretonThey will soon knock into shape, for Colonel Hoad hates the sight of a slovenly horseman as badly as a duck hates a dust storm.