Usually means: Mournful songs expressing grief, lamentation.
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  1. dirges: Merriam-Webster
  2. dirges: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. dirges: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. dirges: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (dirge)

noun:  A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
noun:  (informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.
verb:  To sing dirges
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