Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurras
Literary usage of Hurras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1845)
"hurras by thousands; seven steamers groaning, creaking, hissing, and rattling;
a noise and a heat that made our beads dizzy, blinded our eyes, and took away ..."
2. Musical Letters from Abroad: Including Detailed Accounts of the Birmingham by Lowell Mason (1854)
"At the recommendation of the Committee three " hurras" were given for the "Liederkranz"
of B. Gladbach ... And three " hurras " for " Liedertafel" of Ersen. ..."
3. Musical Letters from Abroad: Including Detailed Accounts of the Birmingham by Lowell Mason (1854)
"At the recommendation of the Committee three "hurras" were given for the "
Liederkranz " of B. Gladbach. SECOND DATS SINGING—SECOND CLASS—FIVE SOCIETIES. ..."
4. Bacchus: An Essay on the Nature, Causes, Effects, and Cure of Intemperance by Ralph Barnes Grindrod, Charles Alfred Lee (1855)
"followed by nine hurras, with a pause for breath between each three rounds.
The Chairman in a few minutes gave "The health of the Royal Family," which had ..."
5. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1863)
"Shouts and hurras spice the good things still more. ... The name of every victor
is received with the beat of the drum and thousands of hurras. ..."
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