- a variation of view halloa.
view halloo
Britishinterjection
noun
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
The view halloo began when M.G.M. announced plans to picturize Uncle Tom's Cabin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lifting.—When a huntsman carries the pack forward from an indifferent, or no scent, to a place the fox is hoped to have more recently passed, or to a view halloo.
From A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid by Rarey, J. S. (John Solomon)
It was Belknap-Jackson's custom to raise a view halloo each evening when he returned down the lake, so that we might gather at the dock to oversee his landing.
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon
Yoicks forward!” shouted the beleaguered combatants, each man giving his particular form of cheer, varying from savage war-cry to view halloo.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Mitford, Bertram
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