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- noun Plural form of
countercry .
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Examples
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We are on board the labouring vessel of humanity in a storm, when cries and countercries ring out, disorderliness mixes the crew, and the fury of self-preservation divides: this one is for the ship, that one for his life.
The Egoist George Meredith 1868
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We are on board the labouring vessel of humanity in a storm, when cries and countercries ring out, disorderliness mixes the crew, and the fury of self-preservation divides: this one is for the ship, that one for his life.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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He passed the marketplace -- it was empty as the desert; -- the gloomy and barricadoed streets, in which the countercries of Guelf and Ghibeline had so often cheered on the Chivalry and Rank of Florence.
Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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