holp
Americanverb
verb
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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
Yes, hit will," agreed Mrs. Doggett, "but I've got to hunt my old gray turkey hin, I can't holp how bad I feel.
From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Sarah Bell Hackley
Ennybody ez would holp a man ter escape from cust'dy would jump his bond hisself, though he war toler'ble keerful ter explain ter pa'son ez he never ondertook ter charge nuthin' on him, nuther.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
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