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whillaloo, n. (int., v.) dial.|ˈhwɪləluː|
Also 7 fuillilaloo, 8 whilly lou, 9 whillaluh, whillilu, whillilew, whillalew.
[Ir. uileliugh. Cf. ululu.]
A cry or song of lamentation; an outcry, uproar, hubbub. Also as int. and v. intr. Cf. pillaloo n. (int.).
1663R. Head Hic et Ubique i. vi. 18 Enter Patrick crying..Fuillilaloo! 1790J. Fisher Poems 65 She's sleeping now! Yet wakens wi' a greeting eye, An' whilly lou. 1800M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent Tales 1832 I. 5 Then such a fine Whillaluh! you might have heard it to the farthest end of the county. [Ibid. 100 The declining taste for the Ullaloo in Ireland.] 1820Hogg Winter Even. Tales I. 162 What whillilu is that, Thou keep'st a trilling at? 1841Lever O'Malley lxxx, And sure I set up a whillilew myself. 1899[see pillaloo n. (int.)]. 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Apr. 480/4 All those uncles trailing their coats and shouting whillaloo and clear the way. |