tally-ho

British  

/ ˌtælɪˈhəʊ /

interjection

1. the cry of a participant at a hunt to encourage the hounds when the quarry is sighted

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noun

1. an instance of crying tally-ho

2. another name for a four-in-hand

verb

1. (intr) to make the cry of tally-ho

Etymology

Origin of tally-ho

C18: perhaps from French taïaut cry used in hunting

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Example Sentences

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tally-ho

Just then a merry tally-ho party of freshmen, tooting horns and singing, drew up beside them.

From Betty Wales Freshman by Edith K. Dunton

Josephine, who was sitting in the front of the tally-ho, caught the last of Helen's speech.

From Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life by Adele W. Jones

After breakfast we stroll to the street corner where stands our tally-ho in readiness for the day’s excursion.

From Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera by Jr.

Here a tally-ho with four horses stood waiting.

From Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life by Adele W. Jones

He built a big house on Bradford Hill and brought her home in a tally-ho.

From Mary Minds Her Business by George Weston

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