prefica
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[edit]Noun
[edit]prefica f (plural prefiche)
- wailer (hired mourner)
- 1912, Grazia Deledda, Colombi e sparvieri [Doves and Hawks][1], Milan: Fratelli Treves, Parte I, Capitolo VIII, page 81:
- Alcune donne continuavano al ululare mentre le prefiche di mestiere ricevevano già il compenso: una misura di frumento e una libbra di formaggio.
- Some women kept on wailing, while the professional wailers were already being compensated: a measure of wheat and a pound of cheese.
- (figurative, uncommon) whiner, moaner
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