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pillaloo, n. (int.) dial.|ˈpɪləluː, -ljuː|
Also pillilew, pilliloo, etc.
[Imit.]
a. A cry expressing grief or anger.
b. A name for such a cry; a noise, disturbance, or outcry; a fierce argument. Hence pillaˈlooing vbl. n.
1796Hull Advertiser 23 July 4/2 The woman, having prostrated herself on the grave of the deceased, continued some time in silent meditation or prayer; then crying Pillilew! after the manner of the Irish at funerals, she sorrowfully departed with her husband. 1811Lexicon Balatronicum, Pillaloo, the Irish cry or howl at funerals. 1829G. Griffin Collegians I. v. 101 She got a stitch an' died..an'..Dan made a pilliloo an' a lavo over her, as if he lost all belongen' to him. Ibid. xiv. 303 Jug..began bawling..the mother joined her, and such a pillilu as they raised between 'em was never known. 1847Paddiana I. 100 Divle such a pillalooing as Lanty made out o' the windy ye never heered! 1851H. Newland Erne xiii. 385 Such a combination of huzzaing and pillalooing as never English ears had heard. 1888‘Q.’ Troy Town xi. 120 What wi' the rumpus an' her singin' out ‘Pillaloo!’..the Lawyer's sarmon..was clean sp'iled. 1899S. MacManus In Chimney Corners 189 Nanny sitting in the chimney corner whillilew-ing and pillillew-ing, crying the very eyes out of her head. 1900N. & Q. 12 May 373/1 To have ‘a pillilew’ it is not always necessary that there should be a fight, as a wrangle in which a number take part is ‘a pillilew’. 1900Yorks. Weekly Post 22 Sept. 11/1 We ran after him wol we collared him, en then then we made him sing pillilew. |