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- verb Present participle of
ahoy .
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Examples
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"Females, two mommies, two kids," passing them, hungrier now, all of them, then Scharf ahoying once again: "Green Honda, going east."
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"Females, two mommies, two kids," passing them, hungrier now, all of them, then Scharf ahoying once again: "Green Honda, going east."
'Lush Life' 2008
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Our fellows pulled like Trojans, however, hailing and ahoying as they went; and about half-way down the line of Menawhidden they came on the first of the _Nerbuddha's_ boats, laden with women and children, in charge of the fourth officer and half-a-dozen seamen.
Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Captain Delancy was on deck to receive his guests, who came out in small boats, chattering and fluttering and "ship-ahoying," as gay in spirits as in apparel.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Captain Delancy was on deck to receive his guests, who came out in small boats, chattering and fluttering and "ship-ahoying," as gay in spirits as in apparel.
The Golden House Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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"Females, two mommies, two kids," passing them, hungrier now, all of them, then Scharf ahoying once again: "Green Honda, going east." "
Books: “Lush Life” 2009
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