aho-o-o-y

Updated: May 31, 2025

He starts a lively fire in the range, treats two coffee pots to a double handful of coffee and three pints of water each, sets on the potato kettle, washes the potatoes, then sticks his head into the camp, and rouses the party with a regular second mate's hail. "Star-a-ar-bo'lin's aho-o-o-y. Turn out, you beggars. Come on deck and see it rain." And the boys do turn out.

George Washington Sears - Woodcraft

You shall have my address, and we can write to one another or see one another whenever we please. Or you can divorce me for deserting you." "You would like me to, I know," said Henrietta, sobbing. "I should die of despair, my darling," he said complacently. "Ship aho-o-o-y! Stop crying, Hetty, for God's sake. You lacerate my very soul." "Ah-o-o-o-o-o-o-oy, master!" roared the bargee.

Bernard Shaw - An Unsocial Socialist