tallyho

American  

[tal-ee-hoh, tal-ee-hoh] / ˈtæl iˌhoʊ, ˌtæl iˈhoʊ /

noun

tallyhos plural

1. Chiefly British. a mail coach or a four-in-hand pleasure coach.

2. a cry of “tallyho.”

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interjection

1. the cry of a hunter on first sighting the fox.

verb (used with object)

tallyhoed, tallyho'd, tallyhoing

1. to arouse by crying “tallyho,” as to the hounds.

verb (used without object)

tallyhoed, tallyho'd, tallyhoing

1. to utter a cry of “tallyho.”

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• tallyhos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tallyho

1750–60; compare French tayau hunter's cry

Example Sentences

Senator, Thomas Dodd has ridden out countless investigations on the tallyho end of the chase.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Meadow Brook, F. Ambrose Clark appeared, as is his custom, in a black-and-yellow tallyho.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now 59-year-old John Cuneo spends much of his time with his family on his farms, where he raises hackney ponies, Palominos and Suffolks, drives his friends about in a tallyho on holidays.

From Time Magazine Archive

Reginald Truscott-Jones was too obviously soaked in tallyho.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the tallyho rattled along, the older people in it fell to talking; and the children looked at the country they were passing, sang snatches of songs, and gave little exclamations of delight.

From Jimmy, Lucy, and All by May, Sophie