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howler

n.
US //ˈhaʊɫɝ// UK //hˈaʊlɐ// howler Archaic Slang
Synonyms
Origin

From howl + -er. Some senses are derivatives of the intensifier "howling", as in "howling wilderness", (Deuteronomy 32:10)

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