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   Ban·shee

   /ˈbanSHē/

   

   noun

   • 1. (in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of an impending death in a house: "the little girl dropped her ice cream and began to howl like a banshee"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from Irish bean sídhe, from Old Irish ben síde ‘woman of the fairies’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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