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  • noun An obsolete form of hollen.

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Examples

  • But hollin became colloquially holm, whence generally Holmes.

    The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

  • Yer won't see no dancin 'den; yer won't hyear no cussin', nor no chickens hollin 'uv er night; dey won't be no reel chunes sung den; yer'll want ter go ter prayin', an 'yer'll be er callin' on us wat is stedfus in de faith fur ter hep yer; but we can't hep yer den.

    Diddi, Dumps, and Tot 1882

  • Dey tuck'n cut up 'roun' yer wuss'n ef dey 'uz wil' creeturs, en termorrer night dey'll be a-hollin 'en whoopin' en singin 'en dancin'

    Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878

  • Yer won't see no dancin 'den; yer won't hyear no cussin', nor no chickens hollin 'uv er night; dey won't be no reel chunes sung den; yer'll want ter go ter prayin', an 'yer'll be er callin' on us wat is stedfus in de faith fur ter hep yer; but we can't hep yer den.

    Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878

  • Dey tuck'n cut up 'roun' yer wuss'n ef dey 'uz wil' creeturs, en termorrer night dey'll be a-hollin 'en whoopin' en singin 'en dancin'

    Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878

  • And then --- if ye be indeed sic a Lord of Glenallan as I hae heard of in _my_ day --- make your merrymen gather the thorn, and the brier, and the green hollin, till they heap them as high as the house-riggin, and burn! burn! burn! the auld witch Elspeth, and a 'that can put ye in mind that sic a creature ever crawled upon the land!' '

    The Antiquary 1845

  • Day Day, A Day Day I'm in ya school hollin -- now when i study up in school i'm fi'in to get my learn on it's so hot up in this class that i ain't got no shirts on Holdin up a big stack of dem books plus some rubba bands Girl don't ask me for no pills I need em for my focus, magn!

    WN.com - Articles related to Timeout with a good book 2010

  • Day Day, A Day Day, A Shay Bay A Day Day, A Day Day I'm in ya school hollin -- now when i study up in school i'm fi'in to get my learn on it's so hot up in this class that i ain't got no shirts on Holdin up a big stack of dem books plus some rubba bands Girl don't ask me for no pills I need em for my focus, magn!

    WN.com - Articles related to Timeout with a good book 2010

  • When the score was tied at 94 all, hollin replaced allen when in fact he was playing pretty well. 18 mins? that's a very mins compared to his mins before.

    Dime Magazine (www.dimemag.com) : Daily NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, Basketball Videos, Sneakers 2009

  • salleh, yoo maided me laff so hard i wus stomppin de floor an hollin mah bellie !

    Invizibl - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007

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