hollo
Britishnoun
interjection
verb
Etymology
Origin of hollo
C16: from French holà ho there!
Example Sentences
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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
Riches are yours with a dollar bill; A million's the same little digit still, With nothing but naughts to follow, So hollo!
From Impertinent Poems by Edmund Vance Cooke
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 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 F. D. Bedford
Better hollo abstract ideas through the six-foot Alpine horn of prose.
From Robert Browning by Edward Dowden
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