Hail Columbia
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Hail Columbia
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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They were big four-motored Consolidated B-24s, painted salmon pink for camouflage and lettered with such names as Hail Columbia, Natchez to Memphis, Jersey Jerk, Alice the Goon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jenny Lind was singing Hail, Columbia when they swayed down the aisle and took their seats.
From Time Magazine Archive
At a Washington concert a Congressman from Alabama rose in the midst of one of Ole's improvisations and shouted: "None of your highfalutin, but give us Hail Columbia, and bear hard on the treble!"
From Time Magazine Archive
They did that very thing, and in five minutes more the Hail Columbia was pointing her Admiral toward the north shore of the Harlem again.
From Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
I expect that I'll catch "Hail Columbia" now!
From Four Years A Scout and Spy by Downs, E. C.
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