int. Sport. A call to a pointer or setter to stop.

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1825.  Sporting Mag., XV. 348. It was no uncommon thing for him to call out ‘To-ho,’ and sometimes, with increased emphasis, ‘To-ho you devil,’ in his sleep.

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1855.  ‘Stonehenge,’ Brit. Sports (ed. 4), 32. The breaker should walk up to [the dog] quietly, crying ‘Toho! toho! toho!’

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1884.  Speedy, Sport, 52. Hold up your hand and cry ‘Toho.’

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