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breast-beating

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breast-beat·ing (br

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b

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n.

A loud, self-conscious demonstration of emotion, especially of remorse.

breast-beating adj.

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Red-Eye abruptly ceased his breast-beating and tooth-grinding, and ran across the timber-jam to the shore.

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