hollo
Britishnoun
interjection
verb
Etymology
Origin of hollo
C16: from French holà ho there!
Example Sentences
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And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner's hollo!
From Selections from Five English Poets by Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) Litchfield
And then, during the hushed midnight hours, how jocund the whoop and hollo from the heart of a sycamore—grey rock, or ivied Tower!
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by John Wilson
So, hollo, my lord duke," he cried; "what taketh thee abroad in this guise so early?
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Elbridge Streeter Brooks
And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner’s hollo!
From Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures by Gordon Stables
I did not mean to say 'I'—much less 'you'—in reference to who should hollo 'Halves!' to our sleeping benefactor.
From Copper Streak Trail by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
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