heigh-ho
[hahy-hoh, hey-]
- (an exclamation of surprise, exultation, melancholy, boredom, or weariness.)
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Origin of heigh-ho
First recorded in 1545–55
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Historical Examples of heigh-ho
Heigh-ho, it makes me sigh to think there are so few children in 1853.
Little Ferns For Fanny's Little FriendsFanny Fern
Heigh-ho for hard work, and lodgings at fifteen shillings a week!
The Independence of ClaireMrs. George de Horne Vaizey
Well, you are very young, and I want to keep you still a boy; but, heigh-ho!
In Honour's CauseGeorge Manville Fenn
Here is a whole cargo of silks and laces just sent in to me—Heigh-ho!
Memoirs of Miss Sidney BiddulphFrances Sheridan
He rode to prove his prowess / in many a land around: Heigh-ho!
The NibelungenliedUnknown
heigh-ho
- a variant spelling of hey-ho
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Word Origin and History for heigh-ho
1550s, exclamation to express yawning, sighing, etc.
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