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cruels

British  

noun

  1. another name for actinobacillosis, a disease of sheep

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Today, though, her powerful fiction is too little read, apart from a handful of eerie tales and contes cruels.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2019

Since Jackson died of heart failure at 48 in 1965, her work has never lacked for admirers, especially among aficionados of contes cruels and tales of existential disorientation.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2015

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