HO gauge

[ eych-oh ]

/ ˈeɪtʃˈoʊ /

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a model railroad gauge of 0.65 inch (16.5 millimeters).

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

h(alf) O gauge

There was Carol White, a ho-hum homemaker who finds herself besieged by multiple chemical sensitivity in Safe.
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Lily Allen explained away the poor sales and ho-hum critical reception to Sheezus by…basically blaming other people.
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It took the entire day, but the slow pace indicated that it was probably a test to gauge public reaction.
The Monuments Men of Occupy Hong Kong|Brendon Hong|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ho, 42, admitted that he had never stepped out of sight of the government minders but he insisted that was by choice.
North Korea’s Propaganda Art Exhibit in London|Nico Hines|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

So, he approached his nomadic friends to gauge their interest in the collaboration.
London’s Pagan Counterculture Kings|Justin Jones|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The gauge of railways in Great Britain was not fixed upon any scientific principle.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The door banged shut behind him and I heard him at the foot of the stairs roaring "Ho-ho-there-ho!"
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Trevithick determined in future to use two safety-valves, and also a safety steam-gauge.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The Commonwealth has for some time been considering the conversion of the lines into one standard gauge, the British gauge of 4ft.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The men did “hold on” most powerfully; they did more, they hauled upon the rope, hand over hand, to a “Yo-heave-ho!”
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne