heigh-ho
(an exclamation of surprise, exultation, melancholy, boredom, or weariness.)
Origin of heigh-ho
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How to use heigh-ho in a sentence
So saying, he touched the horse's neck with his riding-wand, and it fell into its auld heigh-ho of a stumbling trot.
Red Gauntlet | Sir Walter ScottWe could plainly hear their cries and yells as they discovered our escape, and with a “heigh-ho-heigh!”
Tales of the Malayan Coast | Rounsevelle WildmanAs he rode, the morning being frosty, he chanced to utter these words: "heigh-ho, but I be a cauld cheil!"
The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3) | James HoggThen heigh-ho for a war with the Earth, to kill off a lot of the kickers—and soft pickins in a lot of ways.
The Martian Cabal | Roman Frederick StarzlHere is a whole cargo of silks and laces just sent in to me—heigh-ho!
Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph | Frances Sheridan
British Dictionary definitions for heigh-ho
/ (ˈheɪˈhəʊ) /
a variant spelling of hey-ho
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