holp
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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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 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
I hates ter tote any home agin, an’ dat chile tryin’ so hard ter holp her ma.”
From Three Little Women A Story for Girls by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson
He said, ef a cause wuz good and jest, he wuz the man to holp in the h'istin' uv hit!
From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Sarah Bell Hackley
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