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death rattle
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death rattle
n.
A gurgling or rattling sound sometimes made in the throat of a dying person, caused by loss of the cough reflex and passage of the breath through accumulating mucus.
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The historical foes of Black America--right-wing bigots and ideologues backed by corporate money--are engaged in a new and multilayered strategy to subvert the general political consensus that has prevailed among blacks since the dramatic death rattles of official Jim Crow in the mid and late '60s.
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There are hoarse, percussive breaths that sound like death rattles, desperate falls, defiant stares, splayed fingers, slapping, crawling, bending, huddling and keening in silent anguish.
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