Lexicographical Neighbors of Holloos
Literary usage of Holloos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1916)
"holloos & Hoops untill Isaiah Wells hears us, bring two horses now nearly dark;
Surveyor & Chain Carriers ferry's over the River foaming over the horses ..."
2. Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier, a Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one by Walter Scott (1887)
"Sometimes it is a pack of hounds, that sweep along, and the whoops and holloos
of the huntsmen, and the winding of horns and the galloping of horse, ..."
3. Methods and Aids in Geography: For the Use of Teachers and Normal Schools by Charles Francis King (1907)
""And in Holland, are they holloos ? " "No, my boy ; they are Dutch." " And in
Belgium they are Belch ? " " No, dear boy; they are Belgians. ..."
4. Divine emblems: or, Temporal things spiritualized by John Bunyan (1802)
"... He holloos, runs, and cries out, Here boys, here, Nor doth he brambles or the
nettles fear : He ..."
5. A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels: Containing Whatever is by John Knox (1767)
"When this is done, the war-captain or commander in this expedition fets up a cry,
and gives as many holloos or yells as he has taken ..."
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