Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
holp [hohlp] Examples verb South Midland and Southern U.S. Nonstandard.
- a simple past tense of help.
Examples from the Web for holp Historical Examples of holp
“I allowed it might holp him up some to hear Todd was safe dead,” he apologized.
Lucy S. Furman
I’ll holp you all I kin; leastways, I’ll wink et whut you do.
Mary Addams Bayne
Then she took hold of it and holp me up and holp me carry it out.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States
Work Projects Administration
I wisht ye’d come out an holp me manpower a chunk up on ther choppin’ block.
Charles Neville Buck
Ef Isom’s too sick to come down to the mill to-morrer, I wish you’d come ‘n’ holp me.
John Fox, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for holp holp verb
- archaic, or dialect a past tense of help