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breast beater

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breast-beat⋅ing

[brest-bee-ting]
–noun
1. a loud and demonstrative display of grief, remorse, or the like: The authorities indulged in a great deal of breast-beating about traffic accidents but failed to pass new driving laws.
–adjective
2. characterized by or involving breast-beating.

Origin:
1950–55


breast-beater, noun
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