billy-ho

I nearly had a seizure as a hidden voice bawled: "Now!" and as Moran swung from the window there was a scramble of feet and two dark shapes hurled themselves on him, fists swinging like billy-ho, and the three of them went down in a swearing, yelling tangle.

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I nearly had a seizure as a hidden voice bawled: "Now!" and as Moran swung from the window there was a scramble of feet and two dark shapes hurled themselves on him, fists swinging like billy-ho, and the three of them went down in a swearing, yelling tangle.

Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999

"The glass is dropping like billy-ho, and there's a brute of a sea tumbling in."

The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Edward S. [Illustrator] Hodgson 1917

"You'll just have to practise like billy-ho!" said Betty Brierley, who was addicted to slang.

The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Angela Brazil 1907

Pincher had got Lord Tottenham by the trouser leg and was holding on like billy-ho, so we started to run.

The Story of the Treasure Seekers 1891

I am very foolish, "says she, sniffing, and presently, when the Prince and Princess withdrew, she was all smiles again, curtseying like billy-ho, and kissing me a tender farewell.

Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977