tallyho

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He was not, I should say, par excellence a fox hunter, though he subscribed to the county hunt, and frequently followed the hounds; and no one rode better, nor did any one's voice sound more cheerily on copse or hill side than did his, as he greeted a friend, or sang out, in the exuberance of his spirits, a loud tallyho-ho.

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  1. interjection Used to urge hounds on during a fox hunt.
  2. transitive verb To urge (hounds) on during a fox hunt by shouting "tallyho” when the fox is sighted.
  3. intransitive verb To shout "tallyho” as a hunting cry.

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  • Now, if you also like cheap stocks (and tallyho if you do), you're ready to tell me to stop looking a gift horse in the mouth, to take cheap when I can get it, and to today fall further. —  Fool.com: The Motley Fool
  • He was not, I should say, par excellence a fox hunter, though he subscribed to the county hunt, and frequently followed the hounds; and no one rode better, nor did any one's voice sound more cheerily on copse or hill side than did his, as he greeted a friend, or sang out, in the exuberance of his spirits, a loud tallyho-ho. —  Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days
  • It was a very gay tallyho, as yellow as the famous pumpkin coach of Cinderella, only that the spokes of the wheels were striped off with scarlet. —  Jimmy, Lucy, and All
  • It was about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, and Mr. Templeton, who had been looking out for the tallyho, came down the steps to meet his guests II THE FIRST DINNER Mr. Templeton's wife was just behind him. —  Jimmy, Lucy, and All
  • After the first tallyho, Reynard is rarely seen, till he is run in upon--once perhaps in the whole run, skirting a wood, or crossing a common. —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 330, September 6, 1828
 

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  1. Probably alteration of French taïaut, from Old French thialau, taho.
 

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