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cuckoo cries

cuckoo cries is the plural of cuckoo cry.

Meaning of cuckoo cry

Noun

cuckoo cry (plural cuckoo cries)

  1. A repetitively incessant call, proclamation, statement, plea, etc.
    • How many thousands, influenced by the cuckoo-cry of the cold-blooded political economists, have argued thus[.]1840 May 7, The Launceston Advertiser, Tasmania, page 1, column 4

Questions about cuckoo cries

What is cuckoo cries the plural of?
Cuckoo cries is the plural of cuckoo cry.

Words near cuckoo cries in the dictionary

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  6. cuckoo cries
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