dolesome

dole·some

[dohl-suhm]
adjective Literary.

Origin:
1525–35; dole2 + -some1

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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