- a variation of hallo.
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“Hullo, hullo, 2LO calling, 2LO calling,” a few thousand listeners heard through the hissing ether at 6 p.m. on Nov. 14, 1922.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
I heard Beatrice shouting, “Hullo, hullo, don’t cut us off, exchange,” and then there was a click, and silence.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
“Hullo,” he said to the microphone, “hullo, hullo ...” A bell suddenly rang inside his hat.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
"Oh, hullo, Jon. No, they just hate the rain, the same as us."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
"Hullo, hullo, hullo!" the bird called down to her.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
I heard; and then a furious quarrel with curses from the squirrel, and "hullos" and renewed questions from the woodpecker, and memories of their life and death in Treve Wood, beyond Lostwithiel.
From Birds and Man by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
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