holt
noun
a wood or grove.
holts
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pluralof holt.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I saw her before me whose feet trod with mine the green holts and meadows, when the childish thought strayed not beyond the near or the possible.
From Friends and Neighbors by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Von day you got de yolk und vhite, De next day only shells; Von day dey holts a council, Und de next day - 'someding else!'
From The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland
These flute-notes and the Fairy song Took the dim holts with many a qualm, And eke their silver bridles rung A far-off psalm.
From Blooms of the Berry by Madison J. Cawein
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 Charles Godfrey Leland
Educatin' public sentiment up to lovin' me, and urgin' me not to be so offish, and to obleege 'em by takin' a office—them is my 2 strong holts.
From Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician by Marietta Holley
