caterwaulern.
One that caterwauls (transferred in quot. a1774).
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a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) I. xv. 185 These two catter-wallers were accompanied by the organ.
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n.a1774- not to know whether one is arthur or martha
- not to know whether one is coming or going
- not to know whether one is on one's head or one's heels
- not to know whether to laugh or cry
- not to know whether to shit or go blind
- not to know which way to look
- not to know which way to turn
- not to know which way to turn oneself
- not to know which where to look
- not to know —— from shit
- not to lain
- not to lift a finger
- not to look at
- not to look at a person
- not to look back
- not to look behind one
- not to look on
- not to look upon
- not to make head nor tail of
- not to make top nor tail of
- not to matter a cuss
- not to matter a jackstraw
- not to matter a rap
- not to matter a rush
- not to matter a sod