What does caterwauling mean?
Caterwauling means gerund of caterwaul: a sound that caterwauls..
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/ˈkætəwɔːlɪŋ/ · noun
gerund of caterwaul: a sound that caterwauls..
VVhy, here is nothing in the vvorld in this houſe but catter-vvavvling from morning till night, nothing but catter-vvavvling. Hoity toity! vvho have vve here?
Now, I like a good tune what is a tune; but them caterwaulings and dirges that that chap Gray plays on that fiddle of his—gorry, Mr. Smith, I'd rather hear the old barn door at home squeak any day.
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Caterwauling means gerund of caterwaul: a sound that caterwauls..
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VVhy, here is nothing in the vvorld in this houſe but catter-vvavvling from morning till night, nothing but catter-vvavvling. Hoity toity! vvho have vve here?
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