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heigh-ho
[ hahy-hoh, hey- ]
interjection
- (an exclamation of surprise, exultation, melancholy, boredom, or weariness.)
heigh-ho
/ ˈheɪˈhəʊ /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of heigh-ho1
First recorded in 1545–55
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Example Sentences
So saying, he touched the horse's neck with his riding-wand, and it fell into its auld heigh-ho of a stumbling trot.
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We could plainly hear their cries and yells as they discovered our escape, and with a “heigh-ho-heigh!”
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As he rode, the morning being frosty, he chanced to utter these words: "Heigh-ho, but I be a cauld cheil!"
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Then heigh-ho for a war with the Earth, to kill off a lot of the kickers—and soft pickins in a lot of ways.
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Here is a whole cargo of silks and laces just sent in to me—Heigh-ho!
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