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gallows humour

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gallows humour (British & Australian, American & Australian)
humour that makes unpleasant things, such as death, seem funny. Many of the patients I worked with knew they were dying. There was a lot of gallows humour.
See also: humour
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8-12) is hilarious, while gallows humour suffuses his anecdote (Concern for the Dead 12.
St Augustine by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight
It's not quite gallows humour, but approaches it at high speeds.
My Left Breast by AMSDEN, CYNTHIA / Take One
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