Definitions
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- interjection Obsolete spelling of
hello . - verb obsolete To
holler , shout loudly
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Examples
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"Hilloa! ferry," again hailed a voice from the shore to which he was making, "hilloa!"
Folk-lore and Legends: German Anonymous
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"Hilloa! ferry," he shouted aloud as he approached the shore of the river, "hilloa!"
Folk-lore and Legends: German Anonymous
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"Hilloa! ferry," once more resounded from the margin of the river as he approached, "hilloa!"
Folk-lore and Legends: German Anonymous
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During the night he was awakened by the loud clatter of horses 'hoofs, followed immediately by a loud "hilloa."
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If he is interfering with you, you had better bear up and follow in my wake; I'll take care that -- hilloa! if that isn't Chester may I never -- ahoy!
Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Harry Collingwood 1886
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To me above all others, whose ears, attuned to the "tally ho!" and the "view hilloa!" regarded these sounds as the sweetest of music?
The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Mayne Reid 1850
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"Hilloa! hilloa! ostler -- here!" shouted one of them, and in a few moments more the ostler came out, willing enough.
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"And, hilloa, look up there at those gnats or moths, or what are they, fluttering about the light?"
Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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I'll tell you some capital stories some of these days about the advantage of being a little too soon -- But, hilloa! here comes somebody else.
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"First watch there, hilloa! rouse up, and be d-- d to you, it's two o'clock."
The Canadian Brothers, or the Prophecy Fulfilled a Tale of the Late American War — Complete John Richardson 1824
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