Usually means: Humor about death or suffering.
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  1. gallows humour: Collins English Dictionary
  2. gallows humour: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. gallows humour: Wiktionary
  4. Gallows humour: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. gallows humour: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. gallows humour: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Gallows humour: Medical dictionary

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  1. Gallows Humour: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Gallows humour)

noun:  (British spelling) Alternative spelling of gallows humor [(American spelling, idiomatic) A form of comedy that still manages to be humorous in the face of, and in response to, a tragic or hopeless situation.]

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