"Well, then, Sinclair," Bryce retorted, carefully pigeon-Holing the documents the manager had handed him, "I'll tell you what we'll do.
"The Valley of the Giants"
Peter B. Kyne
What happy, what glorious evenings they used to have at the Cosmopolitan, spent in intelligent conversation, in a decent give and take-not this button-Holing business, this being got into a corner and held down; and alas, how little they had appreciated them!
"Christopher and Columbus"
Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim
The danger of "Holing to a house of water," is so great and so well known that the operation is usually conducted with great care, and accident is well guarded against.
"Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines"
R.M. Ballantyne