holland, n.Definitions

Holland is such a low country, it's only saved by being dammed.

Holland is where the broad ocean leans against the land.

Holland is the kingdom of the dammed.

Holland is made by the Dutch, just as God made the ocean.

Holland is a country where even the Catholics are protestant.

Holland is a country naturally cold, moist, and unpleasant.

Holland is a low-lying country full of low, lying people whose main object in li fe is to deceive the Engli sh by holding Dutch auctions, displaying Dutch courage, and talking Double-Dutch.

Holland is a heap of dirt and mud and ditches and reeds which they here call a country which is only less disagreeable than the silly collection of shells and clipped evergreens which they call a garden.