pillaloo

Etymology
Of Irish origin; originally began as a hunting cry.

Noun

 * 1)  A chorus of sorrow or distress

Interjection

 * 1)  A cry of sorrow or distress
 * 2) * 1837 Benson Hill, "the Irish Howl," Gentleman's magazine, Volume 1, Chas. Alexander, p183
 * Oh, pillaloo! why should ye go, my boy, and lave all the good atin and drinkin?
 * 1) * 1857 Henry Murray, Lands of the Slave and the Free
 * The dialogue was brought to a sudden stop by the frantic yell of the juvenile pledge of their affections, whose years had not yet reached two figures; a compact little iron-bound box had fallen on his toe, and the poor little urchin’s pilliloo, pilliloo, was pitiful.
 * 1) * 1888 Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Astonishing History of Troy Town, p107
 * An’ the wust was, that what wi’ the rumpus an’ her singin’ out “Pillaloo!” an’ how the devil was amongst mun, havin’ great wrath, the Lawyer’s sarmon about a “wecked an’ ’dulterous generation seekin’ arter a sign” was clean sp’iled.
 * An’ the wust was, that what wi’ the rumpus an’ her singin’ out “Pillaloo!” an’ how the devil was amongst mun, havin’ great wrath, the Lawyer’s sarmon about a “wecked an’ ’dulterous generation seekin’ arter a sign” was clean sp’iled.