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Definition of "dolour" [dolour]

  • Chiefly British Variant of dolor. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dolour" in a sentence
  • "SAN ANTONIO, TX, Nov 09, 2009/24-7PressRelease/-- Ah, the intense pangs of dolour from those who will miss their Whataburger A. 1."
  • "My heart sunk in to the bottomless pit as well as we hated the unhappy dolour starred behind whenever we looked in to the mirror."
  • "There are few performers who can hold an audience captive like this double act – Burrows with his terrier intellect snapping at the heels of Fargion's comic, Italianate dolour."
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