Lexicographical Neighbors of Keenings
Literary usage of Keenings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Borough and Foreign of Walsall, in the County of Stafford by Edward Lees Glew (1856)
"These mournful ditties, or keenings (as they are called by the natives), are
generally performed by crones engaged for the purpose, who give vent to the ..."
2. Grey Riders: The Story of the New York State Troopers by Frederic Franklyn Van de Water (1922)
"From behind this door, the former defier of all authority continued to lift his
voice in keenings of distress, mingling these with announcements that he was ..."
3. My Land of Beulah by De Courcy Laffan (1891)
"... on his haunches with nose mightily uplifted, .uttering a series of the most
blood-curdling ' keenings' that ever proceeded from a dog in distress. ..."
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