2. Verb. (third-person singular of ballyhoo) ¹
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Definition of Ballyhoos
1. ballyhoo [v] - See also: ballyhoo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballyhoos
Literary usage of Ballyhoos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Search for a Wilderness: An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to by Blair Niles, William Beebe (1910)
"All day it had been deserted, a few small flat-bottomed boats, which we came
later to know by the native name of ballyhoos, being moored idly against the ..."
2. Just Talks on Common Themes by Arthur Gray Staples (1919)
"... the side-shows and ballyhoos; the visions of actors in tights thru the open
fly of the dressing tent; the sight of the circus-people eating supper; ..."
3. 'Round the Round World: Some Impressions of a World Tour by Paul Rader (1922)
"Seated on boxes at intervals the shopkeeper has his hired ballyhoos, who, with
clown-like gestures and humourous thrusts, gets the attention of this crowd, ..."
4. Europe Revised by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (1914)
"... with painted banners flapping in the air and barkers spieling before the
entrances and all the ballyhoos going at full blast—altogether a creditable ..."
5. Coney Island by Professor Solomon (1999)
"These performers were depicted on canvas signs, and brought out for brief
previews (known as ballyhoos). A strongman might emerge from his tent, ..."
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