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  • noun Plural form of wailer.

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Examples

  • Immediately we were greeted by the "wailers" and lepers, -- this was my first sight of the loathsome leprosy.

    An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China Emily Bronson Conger

  • The wailers will claim it is all a sham and the bill should be voted down.

    Matthew Yglesias » Regulating Leverage is More Important than Regulating Bubbles 2010

  • Maven locked eyes with the cop, letting him know what he thought of him—then hit the wailers a few times, the cruiser siren screaming short bursts into the night.

    DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010

  • Maven locked eyes with the cop, letting him know what he thought of him—then hit the wailers a few times, the cruiser siren screaming short bursts into the night.

    DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010

  • Maven locked eyes with the cop, letting him know what he thought of him—then hit the wailers a few times, the cruiser siren screaming short bursts into the night.

    DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010

  • They have certified wailers, professional mourners, in Chinatown, and when your loved one dies, you can hire the professional mourners to wail at the funeral and show what a great loss to the community the departed is.

    What’s A “Community Organizer”? 2008

  • They revealed that an astonishing number of Americans cry regularly at the office, with women wailers in the workplace outnumbering men four to one.

    The Town Criers 2010

  • Maven locked eyes with the cop, letting him know what he thought of him—then hit the wailers a few times, the cruiser siren screaming short bursts into the night.

    DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010

  • They revealed that an astonishing number of Americans cry regularly at the office, with women wailers in the workplace outnumbering men four to one.

    The Town Criers 2010

  • They have certified wailers, professional mourners, in Chinatown, and when your loved one dies, you can hire the professional mourners to wail at the funeral and show what a great loss to the community the departed is.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » What’s A “Community Organizer”? 2008

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