yowzah

"Hey-y-y, Getane!" Someone yelling for me at the main dome. It was Mesquite. "Yowzah!" "You comin to the meetin, or what?" "I'se comin Massa Mesquite, jus ez fas ez Ah kin!"

1980, Paul McHugh, The Search for Goodbye-To-Rains: a novel

Then he mimicked an American accent. “Step right up folks, yowzah, yowzah, right this way to see the geek and his bearded bride. […]"

2007, Dean R. Anast, The Deeper Sinn, page 59

Smart, snappy, swagger - packed with plenty of pepper for the youth that "knows all the answers." HOT! Yowzah! Just slip into a pair of these slacks and put yourself into circulation.

1933, Stella Blum, Everyday Fashion of the Thirties as pictured in Sears Catalogs, published 1986, page 56

A tall young man with big blue eyes walked by in a tank top undershirt. He was in great shape. “Yowzah!” Spike said, watching him pass.

2003, Robert B. Parker, chapter 22, in Shrink Rap

His gaze dropped to her slender ankles then to her shoes. Yowzah! She wore white-strapped sandals with at least four-inch heels. Now he knew he was dreaming—or he'd died and gone to heaven.

2005, Micqui Miller, Sweet Caroline

Ben Bernie was an orchestra leader who had gained a surprising sum of fame by leading a big band and, on occasion, shouting “Yowzah!” into his microphone. It was like that in 1938. You could become famous for shouting “Yowzah!”

2008, Joe Posnanski, The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America, page 40

Ginny giggled. "Can't you just see Roger as Captain Kirk? He'll be smokin' hot." I considered my chubby friend with his wild Einstein hair and mustache. Roger's body is a temple for Twinkies and super-sized fries. I mentally shoved, squeezed and packed every love-handle into Captain Kirk's sleek, form-fitting uniform. I got the Pillsbury dough boy in spandex. Yowzah!

2012, K. J. Larsen, Sticks and Stones: A Cat DeLuca Mystery, page 188