Definitions
Etymologies
- Of Irish origin; originally began as a hunting cry. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And with that there comes a voice crying pillaloo in the passage outside; and, without so much as a knock, a woman runs in with a face like a sheet -- Sam Hockaday's wife, from the "Sailor's Return.”
“Dr. Macann and Mr. Saule behind it bowing and smiling in a two-horse shay, and a fine pillaloo of supporters.”
“So you may fancy the pillaloo that went up when the Overseers posted their new assessment on the church door and 'twas found they'd ruled out no less than sixty voters known, or suspected to be, in Dr. Macann's interest.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pillaloo’.
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Hunting cries
tantara, yoicks, tantivy, tallyho, chivvy, hoics, tally-ho, chivy, chevy, soho, hue, halloo and 15 more...
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Lessons of Wordie / Wordnik
Words and concepts I learned on Wordie, or happened upon as I roamed through dictionaries and websites seeking ammunition.
usquebaugh, baugh, plunderbunny, plinthiform, hendiatris, buckjumper, peripetia, trenchmore, antifogmatic, felon, whitlow, paronychia and 152 more...
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Miscellany, pt. p
phoenicopter, perspiry, predecease, power animal, paperblanks, pulviscle, pixilated, pudú, pinkaninny, pinkany, pequi, pasigraphy and 64 more...
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actung Apparently began as a hunting cry. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-pil2.htm Jun 11, 2012
sionnach As it appears in the chorus of the well-known Irish song "Tá an poc ar buile" (The billygoat (puck) is hopping mad!):
"Aililiú, puililiú! Ai-li-liú!
Tá an poc ar buile!"
What can we deduce about the distribution of vowels before and after consonants in Gaelic from the above snippet?
Feb 23, 2009
bilby Woe! The price of potatoes has increased! My pet leprechaun has bunions! They're bringing in a tax on the colour green! Alas! Feb 23, 2009
mollusque Irish English: alas! woe!; a cry of distress, a howl; an uproar. Apr 6, 2008