Holder

Examples

• What do you think, Miss Holder? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The gas, when purified, is conveyed to the gas-holder, whence it is forced by pressure into the mains and pipes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I trust, Mr. Holder, that you are nearing the end of your troubles. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Now, what do you think would happen if I did break it, Mr. Holder? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• When the gas holder is full it is buoyed up by the lighter gas, and occupies an elevated position, and as its supply is used up, the gas holder settles down into the water. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• With your permission, Mr. Holder, I shall now continue my investigations outside. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The gas is then conveyed along another tube into the purifier, H, filled with lime and water, and it thence passes into the gas-holder. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Therefore he used a holder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Wait a little, Mr. Holder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• You must be my bottle holder, Osborne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Their papers they mean to have, be the holder of them who it may. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I saw an ill-dressed vagabond in the lane yesterday evening, said Mr. Holder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I planned to spend mine in new music, said Beth, with a little sigh, which no one heard but the hearth brush and kettle-holder. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• There is one other thing you owe, Mr. Holder, said Sherlock Holmes rather sternly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He showed and claimed for the first time the knotting bill, which loops and forms the knot, and the turning cord holder for retaining the end of the cord. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• These type holders were then ingeniously linked together in the form of an endless chain. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The holders of receipts, who had no bank money, must have received within two or three per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Galloway, and other men prominent in city life, many of them stock-holders and directors; all interested in doing this educational work. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The owners of bank credits, and the holders of receipts, constitute two different sorts of creditors against the bank. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Individual rubber type characters were pushed into metal type holders with a pair of tweezers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The holders of them might form extravagant expectations, and, instead of two or three per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In such emergencies, the bank, it is supposed, would break through its ordinary rule of making payment only to the holders of receipts. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I didn't forget to cover the holders, and I wind the clock and air the rooms every day. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The best shorthanders and the holders of good positions are those who can take a lot of rambling, incoherent stuff and make a rattling good speech out of it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

Edited by Joanne