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ahoy

noun as in call

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

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

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They evidently saw our light, for a faint hail of “ahoy!” came down the wind to us from her.

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

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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!”

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

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