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ahoy

noun as in call

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“I like to think so. Into the unknown, integrity ahoy!”

A term used in hailing; as, ½Ship ahoy.¸

“Denver City, ahoy!” shouted out Hiram, putting his hands to his mouth as an improvised speaking trumpet.

But exactly as the bell struck eight for midnight, a tremendous voice was heard at the hatchway, if possible more than a hunched times louder than the boatswain’s, roaring out “All hands ahoy!”

"Schooner ahoy!" he shouted, when a shock-headed man of uncertain middle age poked his head up through a hatchway, and answered: "Ahoy yourself, and see how you like it."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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