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keening \KEE-ning\

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nounA wailing lament for the dead.[From Irish caoineadh (lament). Earliest documented use: 1876.]"Of all the closures of independent stores that have left hundreds of British high streets a book-free wilderness, none has given rise to more celebrity keening than the imminent demise of The Travel Bookshop." - Boyd Tonkin; Crimes Behind Closed Doors; The Independent (London, UK); Sep 9, 2011.

Front	keening \KEE-ning\
Back	noun A wailing lament for the dead. [From Irish caoineadh (lament). Earliest documented use: 1876.] "Of all the closures of independent stores that have left hundreds of British high streets a book-free wilderness, none has given rise to more celebrity keening than the imminent demise of The Travel Bookshop." - Boyd Tonkin; Crimes Behind Closed Doors; The Independent (London, UK); Sep 9, 2011.

Keening Independent Kee Ning Noun Wailing Lament Dead Irish