Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoorahs
Literary usage of Hoorahs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"... hundreds came into the town from day to dii 2 order to catch a sight of me
when I stepped on board the good ici; The hoorahs still resound in my ears. ..."
2. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"... proceeded to salute him with a kiss, and the same honorary freedom was denied
to none. Taking up their arms then, with loud hoorahs they returned, ..."
3. The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing [pseud.] of Downingville: Away by Seba] [Smith (1834)
"Now, putting all these things together, and the nominations in the papers, and
the ' hoorahs for Major Downing,' I dont know what it means, unless it means ..."
4. The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing: Pseud. of Downingville, Away by Seba Smith (1834)
"Now, putting all these things together, and the nominations jn the papers, and
the ' hoorahs for Major Downing,' I dont know what it means, unless it means ..."
5. Scribblings and Sketches, Diplomatic, Piscatory, and Oceanic by Edmund Carmick Watmough, William Linn Brown (1844)
"... to kindle the horrors of a civil war, and to overwhelm amid the thunders of
their loud, long and protracted hoorahs, her Majesty's ministers, peerage, ..."
6. Wild Wales: Its People, Language, and Scenery by George Henry Borrow (1907)
"Look at me: I have no comfort in the mass, for as soon as the priest's bell rings,
I shouts and hoorahs, and performs tumblings before the blessed corpus, ..."
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