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Hook of Holland   /hʊk əv hˈɑlənd/   Listen
Hook of Holland

noun
1.
A cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam.  Synonym: Hoek van Holland.






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"Hook of Holland" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hook of Holland' the other night and Wilbur got jealous and told me that if his show wasn't good enough for me to see without having to go to others to just come across with his ring and he would cancel ...
— The Sorrows of a Show Girl • Kenneth McGaffey

... via Hook of Holland and Harwich, for London, arriving about ten the next morning, and attending to various matters of business. It was fortunate for me that I could have for this purpose an almost complete lull in our proceedings, the first and second committees ...
— Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume II • Andrew Dickson White

... of a big ship was seen on the horizon the Amphion gave chase, firing a warning shot as it drew near the vessel, which at once made known its identity as the Harwich boat St. Petersburg, carrying Prince Lichnowsky, the German ambassador, to the Hook of Holland. While returning to port came the tragedy of the Amphion. As it struck a sunken mine it gave two plunging jerks. Then came an explosion which ripped up its forepart, shot up its funnels like arrows from a bow, and lifted ...
— America's War for Humanity • Thomas Herbert Russell



Words linked to "Hook of Holland" :   Netherlands, The Netherlands, Nederland, Hoek van Holland, Holland, ness, Kingdom of The Netherlands, cape



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