hoast
Britishnoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of hoast
from Old Norse
Example Sentences
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One was William Randolph Hearst, whose correspondents constantly supply him with expensive but startling scoops,* whose vital pungency has won him more millions of daily readers than any other individual publisher can hoast.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Well, she has that kechering hoast and spit now, and so Grizel brings her up here out o' the blasts."
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
While thus the lave o’ mankind’s lost, O’ Scotland still God maks His boast— Puir Scotland, on whase barren coast A score or twa Auld wives wi’ mutches an’ a hoast Still keep His law.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Now colic grips, an' barkin hoast May kill us a'; For loyal Forbes' charter'd boast Is ta'en awa?
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
When Zenacherib and his innumerous hoast came to fight against Hezekiah King of Iuda, Gods Angell in one night slew an hundred eighty 17 B2 and fiue thousand Assyrians.
From An Exposition of the Last Psalme by Boys, Iohn
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