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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hoy, interj. [ME. (a 1400) and e.m.E. hoy.] An exclamation intended to drive one away. —a1605 Montg. Flyt. 121.
Hoy, hursun, to hell, among the fiends fell a1651 Calderwood III. 633.
The poke-bearers began to cry, ‘Aha, carle, hoy away!’
