Wolstenholme
Proper noun
Meaning
Wolstenholme (plural Wolstenholmes)
A surname.
Examples
Bill Oddie wrote a song about Wolstenholme for the BBC Radio comedy show I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again which includes the lines: "I'm going Wolsten-home/And you can't get Wolsten (worse than) him!"
British commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme summed it up when he uttered the famous line: "Some people are on the pitch.
FIX IT NOW: Road safety expert Mark Wolstenholme (inset) has urged South Coast communities to pressure governments for Princes Highway upgrades.
Over!', Paul Legg, History Today, July 2014 at page 41 Football commentator Wolstenholme commentated on English domestic football's most famous games of the 1950s and 1960s, including the first ever game featured on Match of the Day in 1964.
Wolstenholme always said that it was just a natural verbal piecing together of the situation before him and it took years before he realised just how well it fitted.
In another sketch on ISIRTA a lady contestant in a television quiz show was awarded Wolstenholme as a prize.