Holyoker

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English

Etymology

From Holyoke +‎ -er.

Noun

Holyoker (plural Holyokers)

  1. A person who was born in or who lives in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
    • 1890 December 17, “Annual Parish Meetings”, in Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass., page 6:
      A party of Holyokers will take a bus ride to this city this evening and dine at some hotel.
    • 1989, Tracy Kidder, Among Schoolchildren:
      The sort of Holyoker who wanted to speak respectfully of Efrain's origins, he noticed, would refer to him as Hispanic.
    • 2007, Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman, Michael Fox, Thirst:
      Thirty-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.
  2. A person who was born in or who lives in Holyoke, Colorado.

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