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  1. howlers: Merriam-Webster
  2. howlers: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Howler's, Howlers, howlers: Wordnik
  4. howlers: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. howlers: Wiktionary
  6. howlers: Dictionary.com
  7. Howlers: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. howlers: Vocabulary.com

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  1. Howlers: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (howler)

noun:  That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
noun:  (historical) A person hired to howl in mourning at a funeral.
noun:  (slang) A painfully obvious mistake.
noun:  (slang) A hilarious joke.
noun:  (slang) A bitterly cold day.
noun:  (psychology) A person who expresses aggression openly in the form of threats.
noun:  (sometimes figurative) A heavy fall.
noun:  (slang) A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a cropper).
noun:  (slang) A tremendous lie; a whopper.
noun:  (slang, dated) A fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell".
noun:  (historical) A 32-ounce ceramic, plastic, or stainless steel jug used to transport draft beer.
noun:  (slang) A small child.
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