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heave-ho

alt. exclamation used when pulling, especially by sailors while pulling on a rope interj. exclamation used when pulling, especially by sailors while pulling on a rope n. 1 A cry of ''heave-ho''. 2 (context informal English) A rejection, a forced removal (often in the phrase ''give somebody the heave-ho'') vb. (context informal English) to pull forcefully

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Solanka had been told-by Jack Rhinehart-that the word was used in certain masculinist American circles to refer to the male genitalia, but presumably Mila had not been given the heave-ho for lacking these.

It didn't last long, because she gave me the heave-ho and got betrothed to a fellow called Gorringe who wrote vers libre, but while it lasted I felt like one of those Ethiopian slaves Cleopatra used to push around, and I chafed more than somewhat.