holts
- plural of holt.
Example Sentences
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For vhile de lamp holts oud to purn, Or von goot shpark ish dere, Dere's hope for all of dem whose lives Ish doun in Lempriere.
From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey
We was there in no time, and come a-whizzing down amongst them, and they broke and scattered every which way, and some that was climbing the ladder after Jim let go all holts and fell.
From Tom Sawyer Abroad by Twain, Mark
Ever sence that fit o' sickness I had a month ago, I've feel kind o' old an' no account myself, as if I'd like to let all holts go, an' jest rest.
From McClure's Magazine December, 1895 by Tarbell, Ida M.
Other days shall open the doors, The forest keeps the bolts, Around us burn the holts, It is the light of the dead leaves, Which burn on the doors' thresholds ...
From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various
Yere's a sharp by the name of Colonel William Greene Sterett, who writes me as how he's sufferin' to let go all holts in the States an' start a paper in Wolfville.
From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry
