Hook of Holland love

Hook of Holland

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A cape and harbor of southwest Netherlands on the North Sea west of Rotterdam, for which it serves as a port.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam

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Examples

  • The vessel resembled one of the Hook of Holland steamers providing peacetime ferry service for the Great Eastern Railway between Harwich and the Netherlands.

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

  • Brussels to the Hook of Holland; and it was conjectured that he would take some advantage of the unfamiliarity and confusion of the

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • The police of three countries had tracked the great criminal at last from Ghent to Brussels, from Brussels to the Hook of Holland; and it was conjectured that he would take some advantage of the unfamiliarity and confusion of the Eucharistic Congress, then taking place in London.

    The Father Brown Omnibus Chesterton, G. K. 2003

  • Brussels to the Hook of Holland; and it was conjectured that he would take some advantage of the unfamiliarity and confusion of the

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • I went to Edinburgh by way of Hook of Holland and Folkstone.

    The Secrets of the German War Office Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves

  • Brussels to the Hook of Holland; and it was conjectured that he would take some advantage of the unfamiliarity and confusion of the Eucharistic Congress, then taking place in London.

    The Innocence of Father Brown: The Blue Cross Gilbert Keith 1911

  • The police of three countries had tracked the great criminal at last from Ghent to Brussels, from Brussels to the Hook of Holland; and it was conjectured that he would take some advantage of the unfamiliarity and confusion of the Eucharistic Congress, then taking place in London.

    The Innocence of Father Brown 1905

  • The following afternoon the continental party took the train to Harwich, then boat for the Hook of Holland, where they arrived next morning.

    Story of Chester Lawrence Nephi Anderson 1894

  • Ymuiden, Hook of Holland, at Völkerack and Haringvliet there are various outworks, while the fortifications at Flushing are at present unimportant.

    Germany and the Next War Friedrich von Bernhardi 1889

  • "Jasper," cried Polly, as they hurried along out of the Harwich train to the steamer that was to take them to the Hook of Holland, "can you really believe we are almost there?"

    Five Little Peppers Abroad Margaret Sidney 1884

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