Hollands

[ hol-uhndz ]

/ ˈhɒl əndz /

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noun (used with a singular verb)

a gin, originally made in Holland, in which the juniper is mixed in the mash.

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Also called Holland gin .

Origin of Hollands

1705–15; <Dutch hollandsch (genever) Dutch (gin)

Words nearby Hollands

Holland, hollandaise sauce, Hollander, Holland finish, Hollandia, Hollands, Hollenhorst plaques, holler, Hollerith, Hollerith code, Holley

How to use Hollands in a sentence

After a hasty lunch in the dining hall, the Hollands hit Bowdoin, drop me at the airport, and set off for Williams College.
The Great College Road Trip|Nick Summers|April 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
By the time they are done, the Hollands will have covered 1,529 miles, more than half the width of the continental United States.
The Great College Road Trip|Nick Summers|April 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
There also coming into the river two Dutchmen, we sent a couple of men on board and bought three Hollands cheeses, cost 4d.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
Cousin Flora had had the misfortune to fall in love with a man quite outside the social sphere of the Copelands and the Hollands.
Fidelity|Susan Glaspell

Ted was down there, and Flora Copeland, a spinster cousin of the Hollands, who for several years had lived in the house.
Fidelity|Susan Glaspell
It was painted with a gaudy red tulip with an appropriate verse on Hollands national posy.
Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer|Rena I. Halsey
This day Hollands junck departed from Firando towardes Syam.
Diary of Richard Cocks, Volume II|Richard Cocks

British Dictionary definitions for Hollands

Hollands

/ (ˈhɒləndz) /

noun

Dutch gin, often sold in stone bottles

Word Origin for Hollands

C18: from Dutch hollandsch genever

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