pillaloo

== English == === Etymology === Of Irish origin; originally began as a hunting cry. === Noun === pillaloo (plural not attested) (obsolete) A chorus of sorrow or distress === Interjection === pillaloo (obsolete) A cry of sorrow or distress 1837 Benson Hill, "the Irish Howl," Gentleman's magazine, Volume 1, Chas. Alexander, p183 Oh, pillaloo! why should ye go, my boy, and lave all the good atin and drinkin? 1857 Henry Murray, Lands of the Slave and the Free The dialogue was brought to a sudden stop by the frantic yell of the juvenile pledge of their affections, whose years had not yet reached two figures; a compact little iron-bound box had fallen on his toe, and the poor little urchin’s pilliloo, pilliloo, was pitiful. 1888 Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Astonishing History of Troy Town, p107 An’ the wust was, that what wi’ the rumpus an’ her singin’ out “Pillaloo!” an’ how the devil was amongst mun, havin’ great wrath, the Lawyer’s sarmon about a “wecked an’ ’dulterous generation seekin’ arter a sign” was clean sp’iled. === References === === Anagrams === Paolillo