hollo
Britishnoun
interjection
verb
Etymology
Origin of hollo
C16: from French holà ho there!
Example Sentences
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I began to hollo desperately, calling frantically for help with such a piercing voice as I had never dreamt of possessing before.
From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by Sanpietro, I. Stone
"I can't hear a word, when you hollo in that way, not a word," said Mrs. Leake.
From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony
And a good south wind sprung up behind;34-12 The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner’s hollo!
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
I was awakened the next morning about seven o'clock by Mr. Davis, who came into the stable below, calling out: 'What! hollo, lassy!
From Forgotten Tales of Long Ago by Bedford, F. D.
And Tom made another loutish salute, and cut the conference short by turning off the path and beginning to hollo after some trespassing cattle.
From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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