noun
definition
An informal term of address, like man or dude.
example
Hey, holmes! What's up?
Examples of holmes in a Sentence
Holmes, Ancient Britain (1907), appendix, identifies the Cassiterides with the British Isles.
As Dean entered the house, Sherlock Holmes was lecturing Watson in a voice sounding very much like Basil Rathbone while a radio across the room was playing soft music.
Holmes (Caesar's Conquest of Gaul, 1899), who comes to the conclusion that "when the Reman delegates told Caesar that the Belgae were descended from the Germans, they probably only meant that the ancestors of the Belgic conquerors had formerly dwelt in Germany, and this is equally true of the ancestors of the Gauls who gave their name to the Celtae; but, on the other hand, it is quite possible that in the veins of some of the Belgae flowed the blood of genuine German forefathers."
The convict lease system was abolished by the constitution of 1890 (the provision to take effect on the 31st of December 1894), and state farms were purchased in Rankin, Hinds and Holmes counties.
In some instances colleges are supported entirely by one county, as is the Holmes Chapel College, Cheshire; in others a college is supported by several affiliated counties, as in the case of the agricultural department of the University College, Reading, which acts in connexion with the counties of Berks, Oxon, Hants and Buckingham.
The London glass-works were those of Apsley Pellatt of Blackfriars, Christie of Stangate, and William Holmes of Whitefriars.
In October 1663, therefore, a squadron was sent out under command of Sir Robert Holmes to attack the Dutch in Gambia and America.
The statesgeneral under the skilful management of the Grand Pensionary, John de Witt, retaliated by sending de Ruyter from the Mediterranean, where he was cruising against the Barbary pirates, to follow Holmes.
On the 13th of March 1672 Sir Robert Holmes fell upon a Dutch convoy under the command of Van Ness in the Channel.
In the penury of the dockyards Holmes could not be provided with the force he was promised, and the enterprise was but partially successful.
It has in Vineyard Haven (Holmes's Hole) a spacious harbour, much frequented by wind-bound vessels seeking a passage round Cape Cod.
Anthrop. iv., 1891; Holmes, Archaeological Studies; see Hodge's List, Bur.
The builders were "ignorant of some of the most essential principles of construction, and are to be regarded as hardly more than novices in the art" (Holmes, Archaeological Studies, &c.).
Bandelier, Dorsey, Holmes, Seler and Uhle have taken up the questions anew.
For collection of material the edition of Holmes and Parsons (Oxford, 1798-1827), with its magnificent critical apparatus, is pre-eminent; the preparation of a similar edition, on a rather smaller scale but embodying the results of fresh and more careful collation, was subsequently undertaken by Cambridge scholars.'
Lee 's other divisions under Magruder, Huger and Holmes were to defend the lines which covered Richmond from the east, and so prevent McClellan effecting a counterstroke.
Magruder and Holmes were engaged to their own advantage at Turkey Bridge.
Rice Holmes, Caesar's Conquest of Gaul (1901), in which references to earlier literature will be found.
Its principal village, Vineyard Haven, was called "Holmes's Hole" (in honour of one of the early settlers) until 1871, when the present name was adopted.
Holmes, Ancient Britain (1907), who cites numerous authorities.
B and in the other uncial MSS., (b) that preserved in the cursive codex 248 (Holmes and Parsons).
Holmes read a poem.
It was captured by the English under Commodore (afterwards Admiral Sir Robert) Holmes in 1663, but retaken in the following year by de Ruyter.
Holmes had made a magneto machine with multiple permanent magnets which was installed in 1862 in Dungeness lighthouse.
It may be derived from a study of Codices 44, 106, 107 in Holmes and Parsons, which diverge from the Vatican text throughout the part indicated.
The Newport church extended its influence into Massachusetts, and in 1649 we find a group of Baptists at Rehoboth, with Obadiah Holmes as leader.
In 1651 Clarke, Holmes and Joseph Crandall of the Newport church made a religious visit to Lynn, Mass.
Simon published many clinical surgical lectures of the greatest importance, and contributed a masterly article on "Inflammation" to Holmes's System of Surgery, which has become a classic of its kind.
See the Life of Ezra Stiles (Boston, 1798), by his daughter's husband, Abiel Holmes, the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Elbridge Gerry lived and James Russell Lowell was born, lived and died in "Elmwood" (built in 1767); Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in Cambridge also; John Fiske, the historian, lived here; and there are many other literary associations, attractive and important for those interested in American letters.
Holmes (1804-1880), who hoped to raise the siege of Vicksburg or close the river to the Union forces.
This was superseded in 1664 by a fort built by Captain (afterwards Admiral Sir Robert) Holmes on a small island 20 m.
In 1633 Captain William Holmes, of the Plymouth Colony, established near the mouth of the Farmington river a trading post, the first settlement by Englishmen in Connecticut; a more important and a permanent settlement (until 1637 called New Dorchester) was made in 1635 by immigrants from Dorchester, Massachusetts, led by the Rev. John Wareham, Roger Ludlow and others.
His Holmes has exactly the right quality, quizzical and slightly acerbic, and his Watson is sensible and thoroughly likeable.
Seeding rattled through with Dale Holmes strolling in 1st in seeding, Longden nearly came in last after hitting that for mentioned hay bail.
Sherlock Holmes was seated in his favorite armchair, across from Munro who sat somewhat bedraggled on the edge of the sofa.
Hardworking Holmes was to have a memorable second half, creating two breakaway tries with long runs from midfield.
Holmes knocked out the ashes of his pipe with a quiet chuckle.
The Dancing Men [80 k] The story of how Sherlock Holmes broke a symbol cipher.
It's a Sherlock Holmes homage as Skuld dons the deerstalker to hunt down a pesky thief.
Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective in Arthur Conan Doyle's books, was a regular cocaine user.
Stamford Holmes is a reluctant consulting detective in a modern age where the crimes are mundane, not offering challenge.
Aside On my way here today I took a detour by Baker Street to pay homage to Sherlock Holmes.
Holmes later admitted that he felt little elation in beating this shell of Ali's former self.
We hardly saw any finches at Holmes Jungle or passerines of any type at Knuckey Lagoons.
Having gained a degree in geology at Durham in 1958, Walter Holmes moved to Imperial College, London to study geophysics.
Holmes held up a crumpled branch of flowering gorse.
So absorbed was he by his bitter grief that he never looked up until Holmes's hand was on his shoulder.
He had successfully foiled a plot to con him previously by old-time grifter Harry Holmes, resulting in his imprisonment.
Chairman Stephen Holmes and a team of experienced dental and business people became impassioned by the vision of this brave new world.