Citations:Westward Ho!

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English citations of Westward Ho!

1593 c. 1601—1602, 1605
ME « 15th c. 16th c. 17th c. 18th c. 19th c. 20th c. 21st c.
Queene. Woman what noise is this I hear?
Potters wife. It is the Watermen that cals for passengers to goe Westward now.
  • The phrases "westward ho!" and "eastward ho!" [used in Chapman, Jonson, and Marston's 1605 play Eastward Hoe] were the cries of the watermen who provided taxi service by boat on the River Thames.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Andrew Leach (2014 May 16) “Origin of 'Homeward ho!'”, in English Language & Usage Stack Exchange[1], retrieved October 22, 2020
  2. ^ Kupperman, Karen Ordahl (2009) The Jamestown Project[2], Belknap Press, →ISBN, retrieved October 22, 2020, page 339