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Definition of Holdalls
1. holdall [n] - See also: holdall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holdalls
Literary usage of Holdalls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of American Red Cross Nursing by Lavinia L. Dock (1922)
"It next collected holdalls, carefully packed at the Bureau of Equipment. ...
By this system both boxes and holdalls were delivered to the various hotels ..."
2. A Review of the History of Infantry by Ernest Marsh Lloyd (1908)
"These could be used for cartridges and emergency rations, and the holdalls were
worn over the shoulder like a bandoleer. The Japanese rifle was of small ..."
3. Persia: Through Persia from the Gulf to the Caspian by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt (1910)
"Two Gladstone bags and two holdalls should easily contain all one's personal
belongings, while a small box for all necessary cooking utensils will balance a ..."
4. Memorandum Giving Some Account of the Reformatory and Industrial Schools of by Great Britain Chief Inspector (1904)
"... army bolster cases, mailbags, holdalls, needlework. The condition of the
buildings is satisfactory ; improvements in the chapel and elsewhere have been ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"If you see twenty-four patent reversible, extra waterproof holdalls, with all
the latest improvements, painted blue, green, yellow, and red, ..."
6. British Labor Conditions and Legislation During the War by Hammond, Matthew Brown, 1868- (1919)
"... ordnance and ammunition; rations and jam; haversacks, kitbags, holdalls,
bandoliers; surgical dressings and bandages; tin canisters and box making. ..."
7. Preliminary Economic Studies of the War by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Division of Economics and History, Thomas Nixon Carver (1919)
"... ordnance and ammunition; rations and jam; haversacks, kitbags, holdalls,
bandoliers; surgical dressings and bandages; tin canisters and box making. ..."
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