hollo
Britishnoun
interjection
verb
Etymology
Origin of hollo
C16: from French holà ho there!
Example Sentences
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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 Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
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 Stables, Gordon
Then clapping heel to his horse, the mere curveter, Out rode the Duke, and after his hollo Horses and hounds swept, huntsman and servitor,465 And back I turned and bade the crone follow.
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra
And more than that—would they have said half they did to me last night"—— "Eh! hollo, by the way!
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel
"Well, hollo, mister!" cried a hotel hostler as they approached near enough to have the manner of their travelling discernible,—"what ha' you done wi' your waggin?"
From A Letter of Credit by Warner, Susan
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