holp
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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“I didn’t like the way Buster looked at me when he said I could holp him in the fields.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
She said something that must of been “Lemme holp you up, Will,” and tried to pull me to my feet, whoop!
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
She yelled into my ear, “Kin you crawl, Will? If you cain’t, them men comin' out’n the train can holp you.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
"Hit don't seem to me that tellin' a leetle made up tale to holp hisse'f along in courtin' would be accounted a crime on a feller," proffered his son.
From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Hackley, Sarah Bell
Well, it can’t be holp, boys—that it can’t.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
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