Synonyms:
Holly, Buddy_Holly, Charles_Hardin_Holley
Meaning: United States rock star (1936-1959)
Synonyms:
holly
Meaning: any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
Usage examples
"Those years," said Mrs. Blaylock, "in Holly Springs were long, long, long.
My dear, can you recall those verses entitled 'He Giveth the Increase,' that you composed for the choir of our church in Holly Springs?"
"Our home, sir," said Colonel Blaylock, removing his wide-brimmed, rather shapeless black felt hat, "is in Holly Springs--Holly Springs, Georgia.
I remember being rather amused because of the change in the expression of the elder man, whose name I discovered was Holly, when he saw the ladies advancing.
I trained one to go up a rather upright green Holly about twenty-five feet high, and now it has rushed up and tumbles out at the top and sides in masses of its pretty bloom.
Out in the garden stood a stately snow maiden, crowned with holly, bearing a basket of fruit and flowers in one hand, a great roll of music in the other, a perfect rainbow of an Afghan round her chilly shoulders, and a Christmas carol issuing from her lips on a pink paper streamer.