- a variation of view halloa.
view halloo
Britishinterjection
noun
Example Sentences
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The view halloo began when M.G.M. announced plans to picturize Uncle Tom's Cabin.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Britain's general election campaign was enlivened by shouts of view halloo last week as the Tory Party, in full cry, prepared to close in on Harold J. Laski, Chairman of the Labor Party.
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Then, with a "view halloo," the steed bearing the unfortunate man was started in real earnest; and the foresters sent staggering by after it along the road to Nottingham.
From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)
But no," he added, as the "view halloo" of the hunters rose in air, "'t is but the merry chase.
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter
He was commonly followed by a couple of greyhounds and a pointer, and announced his arrival at a neighbour's house by smacking his whip and giving a view halloo.
From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)
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