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Definition of Halloos
1. halloo [v] - See also: halloo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halloos
Literary usage of Halloos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Noble Science: A Few General Ideas on Fox-hunting, for the Use of the by Frederick Peter Delmé Radcliffe (1839)
"... Mood for Enjoyment of; Different Sentiments upon— Place of Meeting—Forcing a
Fox—Where is the will, is the way—View • halloos—Noise—Silence—The Human ..."
2. Horses and Hounds: A Practical Treatise on Their Management by K. W. Horlock, John Solomon Rarey (1862)
"... first check the most critical—Mischief of " going to halloos"— Consequence of
so doing—Difficulties overcome by perseverance—A seen worthy of Landseer. ..."
3. Old sports and sportsmen; or, The Willey country by John Randall (1873)
"... Old Coaches — Tom Gone to Earth — Three View halloos at the Grave— Old Boots.
"The huntsman'a self relented to a grin,' And rated him almost a ..."
4. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1873)
"He tells us that such halloos as serve to keep the hounds together, and to get
on the tail-hounds, are always of use; it is the halloos of encouragement to ..."
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