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- the day after the massacre the plaints of bereaved mothers and wives could be heard throughout the village
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- that taxes are too high is perhaps the most perennial of plaints
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- challenge,
- demur,
- expostulation,
- kick,
- niggle
- [chiefly British],
- objection,
- protest,
- quibble,
- remonstrance,
- stink
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“Plaint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaint. Accessed 24 May. 2022.
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