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WAILER
wailer
(noun) a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
wailer (plural wailers)
One who wails or laments.
A hired (professional) mourner.
Synonyms
• (hired mourner): moirologist (rare)
Etymology 2
Noun
wailer (plural wailers)
(mining, historical) A boy employed to pick out stones, pyrites, etc. remaining in the coal after it is screened.
Anagrams
• Lawrie
Source: Wiktionary
Wail"er, n.
Definition: One who wails or laments.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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