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Meanings of holly in English

Portuguese
buddy holly
Catalan
buddy holly
Spanish
charles hardin holley

United States rock star (1936-1959)

        buddy holly

        Original Polish-Silesian nobility, also Bohemian and Prussian.

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              Examples for "Buddy Holly"
              Examples for "Buddy Holly"
              1
              At the start of his rock-and-roll career, Buddy Holly tours with Cooke.
              Black is the new white
              2
              Elvis Costello reminded the writer of Buddy Holly, and sang very expressively.
              The new yorker
              3
              Suddenly I was getting overwhelmed: Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Little Richard, Fats.
              Life
              4
              I was more cerebral, like a Roy Orbison or a Buddy Holly.
              Reuters
              5
              Don Everly and a couple of Buddy Holly's Crickets contributed too.
              The Guardian
              Usage of holly in English
              1
              I shall stand behind this holly-bush and see what I can see.
              Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
              2
              Twigs and detached leaves of holly lay in the midst of it.
              None Other Gods
              3
              National Seashore, including the Sunken Forest, an unusual stretch of holly forest.
              The new yorker
              4
              Real English holly concealed the base and merry tapers twinkled a welcome.
              The Spanish Chest
              5
              But holly and mistletoe almost certainly played a part in the celebration.
              The Guardian
              6
              We heaped the holly with its glowing berries above the crumbling stone.
              Virginia: the Old Dominion / As seen from its colonial waterway,...
              7
              Through the grey netting of the beech twigs, stiff holly bushes glittered.
              One of Ours
              8
              And I waited behind the holly to see how they came back.
              The Moonstone
              9
              His bonnet was blue, but the silver badge held plumes, not holly.
              Outlander
              10
              Next there could be heard the baritone buzz of a holly tree.
              The Irish Times
              11
              Her arms were full of scarlet leaves and branches of holly berries.
              The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
              12
              The best varieties to grow are the sword, Boston, holly, and maidenhair.
              The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
              13
              On either side flags were festooned and ornamented with sprays of holly.
              The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885
              14
              Beneath a canopy of holly branches and yew two children sat playing.
              Henry Brocken / His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange,...
              15
              There were trees crowding close, rich pines and cedars and bright-beaded holly.
              Virginia: the Old Dominion / As seen from its colonial waterway,...
              16
              Two expanses of chain-link fencing abutted sharp holly hedge on both sides.
              The whole world: a novel
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              Translations for holly
              Portuguese
              buddy holly
              Holly through the time
              Holly across language varieties
              Ireland
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common