Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hue and Cry

A phrase used in English law to describe a body of persons joining in pursuit of a felon or suspected thief. (French, huéc, verb huer, to hoot or shout after; Anglo-Saxon, hui, ho!)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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