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Definition of Ballyhooing
1. ballyhoo [v] - See also: ballyhoo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballyhooing
Literary usage of Ballyhooing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merry-go-round by Carl Van Vechten (1918)
"Was Saltus ballyhooing for this institution? The hero is a modern Don Juan.
Alphabet Jones appears occasionally, as he does in many of the other novels. ..."
2. From the Life: Imaginary Portraits of Some Distinguished Americans by Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins (1919)
"... and over the head of a silent audience he saw the long-haired Westerner, with
a braided mustache, ballyhooing his medicine. The boy drew nearer. ..."
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