Hip! hip (hip!) hurrah!

Hip! hip (hip!) hurrah!

Hip! hip (hip!) hurrah! in England die hergebrachte Art, ein Hurra (Hoch) auszubringen.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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