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tallyho

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tal·ly·ho  (tl-h)
interj.
Used to urge hounds on during a fox hunt.
v. tal·ly·hoed, tal·ly·ho·ing, tal·ly·hos
v.tr.
To urge (hounds) on during a fox hunt by shouting "tallyho" when the fox is sighted.
v.intr.
To shout "tallyho" as a hunting cry.
n. pl. tal·ly·hos
1. The cry of "tallyho."
2. A fast coach drawn by four horses.
[Probably alteration of French taïaut, from Old French thialau, taho.]


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However, he went with the man, who picked up several other newly landed immigrants, Poles, Lithuanians, and Slovaks, and took them all outside, where stood a great four-horse tallyho coach, with fifteen or twenty men already in it.
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