Westward Ho!
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A seaside village in Northam parish near Bideford, Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4329).
— For quotations using this term, see Citations:Westward Ho!.
词源
Chosen as an unusual name to attract tourists, after Charles Kingsley's best-selling novel Westward Ho! (1855), which was set in nearby Bideford. The phrase itself comes from westward + ho (variant of hey), the call of Thames ferrymen indicating their proffered direction.
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