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A cry of sorrow or distress
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- 1857 Henry Murray, Lands of the Slave and the Free The dialogue was brought to a sudden stop by the frantic yell of the juvenile pledge of their affections, whose years had not yet reached two figures; a compact little iron-bound box had fallen on his toe, and the poor little urchin’s pilliloo, pilliloo, was pitiful.
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A chorus of sorrow or distress
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: no-plural, obsolete
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Of Irish origin; originally began as a hunting cry.
