yo-ho-ho

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island (1883) where it is followed by "and a bottle of rum" in a supposed pirate chantey.

[edit] Interjection

yo-ho-ho!

  1. A nonce word, now associated with pirates and seafaring.
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