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单词 sorry camp
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Definition of sorry camp in English:

sorry camp

noun
Australian
  • (in Aboriginal English) a gathering during which Aboriginal mourning rituals are observed.

    sorry camps had sprung up, with mourners from as far as Papunya
    I had to go to sorry camp and sit down and wail for this beautiful old man
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Increasing amounts of goods are stored in the sorry camp where the key mourners sleep and live.
    • A further death had resulted in the establishment of a 'sorry' camp some distance to the south.
    • What is going on in the sorry camps is a deep mourning that is impossible for outsiders to really understand.
    • The township in recent weeks had become a place of 'sorry camps' and funerals.
    • Warlpiri people were consistently adamant that their 'sorry camps' be shielded from the view of visiting cameras.
    • The study is concerning ritualized mourning and the pervading presence of multifaceted sorry camps.
    • When someone passes away here people go into sorry camp.
    • Nora said she was still in sorry camp.
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