tallyho

American  

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

noun

plural

tallyhos

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.”

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

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

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

Reginald Truscott-Jones was too obviously soaked in tallyho.

From Time Magazine Archive

A merry blast was blown from the tallyho horn.

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