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tallyho

[ tal-ee-hoh tal-ee-hoh ]

noun

plural tallyhos.
  1. Chiefly British. a mail coach or a four-in-hand pleasure coach.
  2. a cry of “tallyho.”


interjection

  1. the cry of a hunter on first sighting the fox.

verb (used with object)

tallyhoed or tallyho'd, tallyhoing.
  1. to arouse by crying “tallyho,” as to the hounds.

verb (used without object)

tallyhoed or tallyho'd, tallyhoing.
  1. to utter a cry of “tallyho.”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tallyho1

1750–60; compare French tayau hunter's cry
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Closing a sale will sentence him to irrelevance — without the team he will be nobody, a pretend lord, hiding behind his wall of wealth, playing Mr. Rochester at his estates in Virginia and England, yelling tallyho and release the hounds.

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He launches each of his posts with a jaunty “Pip! Pip! Tallyho!”

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“Without going to pasta nights up at Tallyho, it makes me sad.”

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“Summer was the focus, and all that winter time was, ‘How can I get better for summer swim?’ ” said Bacon, who swims for Tallyho Swim Club in Potomac.

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Driven grouse shoots are a pinnacle of field sports for the tallyho set.

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