Word: halloos
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...whether or not the Glee Club was justified in withdrawing from a contest the character of which it did not consider high enough to be worth while. Various enticing ramifications of the subject have been discovered. Every week some alumnus glimpses a new and enchanting prey, gives a view halloo and writes to the Bulletin about the pleasures of the chase. There appears an aesthetic issue: the contention is raised that the club should confine itself to music that allows it to roar like a lion at supper-time. There is an etymological issue which drags in the somewhat recondite...
...Halloo!" said I, "where did you get all these ashes on your hat and coat, and what in the name of all that's good makes your hands so black...