holp
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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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
“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 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
I holp Cordelia to the fust an' last taste of happiness she ever had in this world.
From The Bishop and the Boogerman by Harris, Joel Chandler
I hain't blind and I hain't deef, and I can't holp seein' the way she does, and a hearin' her bemean you about me all the time nearly.
From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Hackley, Sarah Bell
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