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1interj.

See 1952 quote.

Quotations

1900

But at ten o'clock the next morning the hunters were made to fall into line, and the crier was ordered to cry the "ho!" which was the signal for a general attack.

1952

. . . the signal to attack in the great buffalo hunts was the cry of "Ho!"

2interj.

See 1952 cite.

Quotations

1856

["Ho! What cheer?" said Jacques, taking him by the hand after the manner of Europeans, and accosting him with the phrase used by the fur-traders to the natives.]

1900

The quaint expression, "Here's a ho!" which old-fashioned North-Western folk utter before gulping down the dram or "horn" of whisky, is really a reminiscence of this ancient [buffalo-hunt] signal to begin the fun, and not as some authorities say, a silly reference to the opening phrase of Isaiah lv.

1903

So I drink this toast / To the "Queen of the Coast." / Vancouver, here's a Ho!

1952

Here's a ho, boy! A drinking term popular in the West, 19th century; in the early days the commonest form of cup was a buffalo horn; the signal to attack in the great buffalo hunts was the cry of "Ho!"