hollo
Britishnoun
interjection
verb
Etymology
Origin of hollo
C16: from French holà ho there!
Example Sentences
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De horses had sense enough to double up when dat man hollo from de top of dem.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
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 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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 John Lyde Wilson
I have written to Adam Ferguson, who will come with a whoop and a hollo.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
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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