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- noun Plural form of
ballyhoo . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ballyhoo .
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Examples
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So, the usual LJ kerfluffles (and ballyhoos) are frustrating for me, because people are expected to write with a voice of ethnic/racial/gender authority.
Why We Should All Stop Worrying and Love the SF Ghetto wendigomountain 2010
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Either way it's a story that deserves attention, especially since the speaker constantly ballyhoos her experience, presidential readiness ( "on Day 1," etc.) and the like.
Hillary Hits Critics For Taking Her RFK Assassination Remarks "Out Of Context" 2009
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NBC Universal Universal Studios 'Super Bowl ad, above, ballyhoos a promotion.
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Vinnie Rattolle ballyhoos TCM's Friday night lineup.
31 Days: Tricks and Treats: Day 17: Later than I think Prof. Ravensdeath 2008
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An expression in our faces as we drift by the fastidious ballyhoos of the shop windows.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Ben Hecht 1929
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But for all the nine-jointed impressiveness of its title this park was a live, brisk little park full of sideshow tents sheltering mildly amusing, faked-up attractions, with painted banners flapping in the air and barkers spieling before the entrances and all the ballyhoos going at full blast -- altogether a creditable imitation of a street fair as witnessed in any American town that has a good live Elks 'Lodge in it.
Europe Revised 1910
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Isn't it odd that America's own version of the Christian Taliban, which seems to have infected almost the entire Republican party, also ballyhoos how much they love being in a country of "freedom", when they are doing all they can to take it away?
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"From humble Nova Scotia origins," the guidebook ballyhoos, "Anne Murray has amassed more musical awards and accolades than almost any female singer in history."
Political Mavens Neil Steinberg 2010
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Isn't it odd that America's own version of the Christian Taliban, which seems to have infected almost the entire Republican party, also ballyhoos how much they love being in a country of "freedom", when they are doing all they can to take it away?
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Isn't it odd that America's own version of the Christian Taliban, which seems to have infected almost the entire Republican party, also ballyhoos how much they love being in a country of "freedom", when they are doing all they can to take it away?
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