Hail Columbia
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Hail Columbia
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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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 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
The Cook and the Crew also obeyed, and the Hail Columbia suddenly shot away from the bank, and around the head of the rotten old wooden pier.
From Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
He went down the Texas and some of them other ships they gave Puerto Rico Hail Columbia.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves Virginia Narratives by Work Projects Administration
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