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We know a headteacher who has arranged her term times so that one half term hol a year is a fortnight long so that families can afford to go on holiday, and then they steal a week out of one of the other hols to balance it whilst spreading the pain of the long summer hols to working parents.

The Guardian World News Jessica Shepherd 2011

"You jes 'hol' you hosses now, Aunt Dinah, till I s'prise you; drop down your lef 'year."

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

Jerry, an 'Jerry he war standin in de water up to his neck an' hol'in '

Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories M. T. W.

Jes 'keep yo' robes on an 'hol' yo 'throne down a little while.

The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore

"Me'll tate tare ob her, S'e tan p'ay wiv mine Wobin, an 'hol' mine dolly."

Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Fannie E. Newberry

I uz des 'hol'n it in bofe my han's same es I'se hol'n dis yer broom, w'en it come right ter part.

The Voice of the People Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909

Dey slip up an 'grab de jedge an' hol '' im while Mr. John Graham stick a knife right in his heart ---- yassah.

The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire 1907

But, Lor ', dat don' hol 'Isaac, chile, while he's got legs.

Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902

She laugh an 'sing an' hol 'the baby, an' my Iowla laugh an 'sing; an' she takes down my Iowla's hair, which is so long that it falls to her knees, an 'does it up in a wonderful way an' says she would give everything she got if she could have that hair.

Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police James Oliver Curwood 1903

He couldn 'hol' no mo 'pra'r-meetin's, fer Mars Walker wouldn' 'low' im ter preach, en de darkies wouldn '' a 'listen' ter 'im ef he had preach'.

Dave's Neckliss 1889