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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ban·shee / ˈbanshē/ • n. (in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of an impending death in a house: the little girl dropped her ice cream and began to howl like a banshee [as adj.] a horrible banshee wail.

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