hollo
Britishnoun
interjection
verb
Etymology
Origin of hollo
C16: from French holà ho there!
Example Sentences
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And the good south wind still blew behind, But no sweet bird did follow, Nor any day, for food or play, Came to the mariners' hollo!
From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
You mustn’t hollo like that when you are on duty,” interposed De Forrest.
From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Optic, Oliver
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
But that only made him hollo the louder, and he holloed so loud that at last he made somebody hear.
From Boy Life Stories and Readings Selected From The Works of William Dean Howells by Chubb, Percival
But hark! whoop and hollo, and is that too the music of the hunter's horn?
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
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