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Definition of Fluey
1. a. Downy; fluffy.
Definition of Fluey
1. Adjective. downy; fluffy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fluey
1. infected with the flu [adj FLUIER, FLUIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluey
Literary usage of Fluey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"fluey, adj. of a weak, delicate constitution. Halliwel] gives,/?!»«//, a
North-country word, ... with the illustration—' My old master was so fluey. ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1873)
"fluey, adj. of a weak, delicate constitution. ... Comble notes this word, with
the illustration—' My old master was so fluey.' I have never hoard the word ..."
3. Original Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1876)
"fluey, adj. of a weak, delicate constitution. ... with the illustration—' My old
master was so fluey.' I have never heard the word applied except to animals ..."
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