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Examples
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One day he chucked his job, put up his tools, told the boss he could do this and that, called hurroo to the boys, and sauntered out of the place with a great deal of dignity and one week's wages in cash.
Here are Ladies James Stephens 1916
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Once he gives vent to a genuine Kilkenny "hurroo" as a tall Apache drops his rifle and plunges head foremost among the rocks with his hands convulsively clasped to his breast.
Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier Charles King 1888
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Green – Islanders replied with a tremendous hurroo, which sent terror into the fat bosoms of the French.
Burlesques 2006
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Green – Islanders replied with a tremendous hurroo, which sent terror into the fat bosoms of the French.
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Ye haven't an arm, ye haven't a leg, hurroo, hurroo
The original words to the tune for "Johnny Comes Marching Home." Mumon 2005
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They're rolling out the guns again, hurroo, hurroo
The original words to the tune for "Johnny Comes Marching Home." Mumon 2005
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They're rolling out the guns again, hurroo, hurroo
The original words to the tune for "Johnny Comes Marching Home." Mumon 2005
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While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo
The original words to the tune for "Johnny Comes Marching Home." Mumon 2005
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With your drums and guns and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
The original words to the tune for "Johnny Comes Marching Home." Mumon 2005
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While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo
The original words to the tune for "Johnny Comes Marching Home." Mumon 2005
ruzuzu commented on the word hurroo
"A cry expressive of triumph or exultant excitement."
-- The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, p. 1351
January 4, 2013