Meanings
plural Holyokers
- A person who was born in or who lives in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
A party of Holyokers will take a bus ride to this city this evening and dine at some hotel.
1890 December 17, “Annual Parish Meetings”, in Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass., page 62 more examples
The sort of Holyoker who wanted to speak respectfully of Efrain's origins, he noticed, would refer to him as Hispanic.
1989, Tracy Kidder, Among SchoolchildrenThirty-six-year-old Mark Lubold is an easygoing, fourth-generation Holyoker—his two young sons are the fifth generation—and he has an unshakable affinity for his hometown.
2007, Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman, Michael Fox, Thirst - A person who was born in or who lives in Holyoke, Colorado.
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Holyoker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Holyoker
“Holyoker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Holyoker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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