holer
English
Etymology
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Audio (US): (file)
Noun
holer (plural holers)
- That which holes, perforates etc.
- (US, slang, in combination) An outhouse with the specified number of holes for use as toilets.
- 1997, Luther Bryan Clegg, The Empty Schoolhouse: Memories of One-Room Texas Schools, page 78:
- And at recess we all went out to the three-holer toilet, and boy, we had us a ball.
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Middle English
Alternative forms
- holour
- holur (Late Middle English); hollowr, hullowre (Promptorium Parvulorum)
- huler (AB language); holyer (Kent)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French holier, dissimilatory variant of horier, from Old High German huorāri (modern Hurer), from Proto-West Germanic *hōrārī; in later Middle English remodelled on the suffix -our. First attested in c. 1235.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(h)uˈleːr/, /ˈ(h)ulər/
- IPA(key): /(h)uˈluːr/, /ˈ(h)ulur/ (influenced by -our)
Noun
holer (plural holers)
- A whoremonger or lecher; an adulterous or sexually unrestrained man.
- (rare, figurative) An adulterator (of God's word)
References
- “hō̆lǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “holour, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
holer m or f
- indefinite plural of hole
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
holer f
- indefinite plural of hole