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

Noun Inflected Forms

• tallyhos
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of tallyho

1750–60; compare French tayau hunter's cry

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tallyho tallyhos tallyhoing

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Rolls Royces and big red buses carts charabancs, here and there a tallyho, moved like gastropoda along the road.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Reginald Truscott-Jones was too obviously soaked in tallyho.

From Time Magazine Archive

A merry blast was blown from the tallyho horn.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Elbert Hubbard

Upon their tallyhos I ride And brave the chances of a storm; I even use my own inside To keep their wines and victuals warm.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

Unfortunately, the laborer, being unacquainted with the code of neckties and tallyhos, failed to follow their example, and one young lady was left at an embarrassed stance.

From Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

Perhaps not; but Chadwick, tallyhoing after domestic happiness, misses the scent.

From Adventures in Criticism by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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