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death wail en · NOUN

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1. An intense mournful cry given by mourners upon someone's death.
   • A sudden, long-drawn howl curdled out from across the river. A human dingo might had made such an awful sound. Merry threw out helpless hands. ‘He’s gone!’ he said. ‘The death-wail. I’ve been listening for that all the morning.’ 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 214:

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