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Tyne was low, crossed it on stilts; but, if high-flowing, hollaed across to inquire their health, and returned.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829 Various
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Ill take it up for pity; yet Ill tarry till my son come; he hollaed but even now.
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"Cheer up, old chap!" he hollaed back to his friend, crouching among the ruins of his home.
The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Alfred Ollivant 1900
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There were lads fishin 'frae boats noan so far off, an' I hollaed to 'em; but they niver heerd.
Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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I carried George Montagu thither, who was in raptures, and screamed, and hooped and hollaed, and danced, and crossed himself a thousand times over.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 Horace Walpole 1757
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They hollaed amain to dogs and knight, and not a few advanced to succour the damsel: but the words of the knight, which were such as he had used to Nastagio, caused them to fall back, terror-stricken and lost in amazement.
The Decameron, Volume II Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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