yo-ho-ho

British

interjection

an exclamation to call attention
another word for yo-heave-ho

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In “Lincolnshire Posy” and in his yo-ho-ho “Lads of Wamphray” march, which opened the program, Grainger laid it on.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2022

Helen Edmundson's script floats on a buoyant tide of music by Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy, whose recorder and fiddles carry a whiff of the marine that is both plaintive and yo-ho-ho.

From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2010

Alistair Beaton's script is not so much a play as a series of sketches; Anthony Neilson's production is remorselessly larky, with lots of arch posturing and yo-ho-ho shantying.

From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2010

"Then yo-ho-ho for Campers' Trail!" they chanted in a gay chorus.

From The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan by Edholm, Lizette M.

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