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noun, plural tal·ly·hos.
- Chiefly British. a mail coach or a four-in-hand pleasure coach.
- a cry of “tallyho.”
interjection
- the cry of a hunter on first sighting the fox.
verb (used with object), tal·ly·hoed or tal·ly·ho’d, tal·ly·ho·ing.
- to arouse by crying “tallyho,” as to the hounds.
verb (used without object), tal·ly·hoed or tal·ly·ho’d, tal·ly·ho·ing.
- to utter a cry of “tallyho.”
huntsman’s cry, 1772, earlier said to be the name of a roistering character, Sir Toby Tallyho (1756), from French taiaut, cry used in deer hunting (1660s), from Old French taho, tielau. Meaning “fast coach” is from 1823, originally in reference to the one that made the run from London to Birmingham.