˜yÐÄvlog

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view halloa

or view halloo

noun

Fox Hunting.
  1. the shout made by a hunter on seeing a fox break cover.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of view halloa1

First recorded in 1755–65
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Example Sentences

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He recognised her with a subdued "View halloa!" and pulled up as she drew near.

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Fearing that he might be treated as an enemy, Enoch knocked again and was about to raise his voice in the “view halloa†of the settlers, when the door was snapped open for an instant and the sharp blade of a sword thrust out of the darkness, the light of the candles having been quenched at his first summons.

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Blithe, loud and hearty was the welcome of fat Tom, when by the clear view halloa with which Harry drove up to the door at a spanking trot, the horses stopping willingly at the high well-known stoop, he learned who were these his nocturnal visitors.

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Springey!' followed by the heavy crack of a whip, announced the arrival of his lordship before the green palings; and a loud view halloa burst from Jack, as the object of inquiry was seen dancing about the open-windowed room above, with his face all flushed with the exertion of pulling on a very tight boot.

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At the same moment Mr. Dunborough caught sight of the tutor, and bore down on him with a view halloa.

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