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词汇 sorry cut
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Definition of sorry cut in English:

sorry cut

noun
Australian
  • (in Aboriginal English) an incision made on the body as part of a mourning ritual.

    the women of the immediate family gashed their bodies with big sorry cuts
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Settlement orderlies maintain a close watch for knives with which grieving relatives may inflict 'sorry cuts' on themselves.
    • The old women would make 'sorry-cuts' on their foreheads with a couple of rocks.
    • She was hitting herself in the head with a rock, giving herself sorry cuts—just like a woman at a funeral.
    • He proudly displayed his 'sorry cuts', a sign of his connection to family and country.
    • Sorry cuts are just one of a range of ways bodily injury was used in traditional Aboriginal societies.
    • She hit him on the head, trying to inflict a 'sorry cut'.
    • Someone may come to work with sorry cuts after a relative's death.
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