No laughing halloos from passing neighbors through wide-open windows; no Aunt Hannahs running in with a plate of cakes fresh from the griddle which would cool too quickly if she waited for that slow-coach of a Tom to bring them to her young master.
"Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero"
F. Hopkinson Smith
Consequently, we were not surprised, while delayed at the ferry, to hear the owners of the corn venting loud halloos, like the rosy-cheeked farmer boys in England when scaring the crows away from the young wheat.
"How I Found Livingstone"
Sir Henry M. Stanley
Running toward the spot, I found the buck's track leading in that direction, and I gave two or three view halloos at the top of my voice to bring the rest of the pack down upon it.
"Eight Years' Wandering in Ceylon"
Samuel White Baker
