CATERWAUL, CATERWAULING
ADJECTIVES
► MOLROWING howling or caterwauling → 1865 obs.
NOUNS
► MOLROWING a caterwauling, a rowing; a noisy howling → 1892 sl., usually used in plural
► YARMS caterwauling, mewing; said of a cat → 1898 Sc.
VERBS
► YAW to caterwaul; to cry like a cat; to mew, to caterwaul → 1819 Sc. obs.
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