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- noun Plural form of
susurrus .
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Examples
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But the makers of the susurruses were * Zenji Hiroguchi, the computer genius, and his pregnant wife Hisako, the teacher of ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging.
Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985
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If Mary Hepburn had been in a mood to eavesdrop instead of kill herself, she might have put an ear to the back of her closet and heard susurruses next door.
Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985
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o If Mary had listened in on the Hiroguchis through her closet wall, she wouldn't have understood what was troubling them, since their susurruses were in Japanese, the only language in which they were fluent.
Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985
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