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tal⋅ly⋅ho

  [tal-ee-hoh for 1; tal-ee-hoh for 2–5] noun, plural -hos, interjection, verb -hoed or -ho'd, -ho⋅ing.
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–noun
1. Chiefly British. a mail coach or a four-in-hand pleasure coach.
2. a cry of “tallyho.”
–interjection
3. the cry of a hunter on first sighting the fox.
–verb (used with object)
4. to arouse by crying “tallyho,” as to the hounds.
–verb (used without object)
5. to utter a cry of “tallyho.”
Origin:
1750–60; cf. F tayau hunter's cry
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Word Origin & History

tallyho 
huntsman's cry, 1772, earlier as a roistering character, Sir Toby Tallyho (1756), from Fr. taiaut, cry used in deer hunting (1662), from O.Fr. taho, tielau. Meaning "fast coach" is from 1823, originally in reference to the one that made the run from London to Birmingham.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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