Lexicographical Neighbors of Smeek
Literary usage of Smeek
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Provoking, wi' hoast-provoking smeek, The Vision. D. 1.3. Provost [the chief
magistrate of a royal burgh]. Provost John is still deaf to the church's relief ..."
2. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1824)
"But these writers do not seem to have been aware, that, above a century before
the time of Magnus smeek, there was another'King of Sweden of the name of ..."
3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"None cared for him—none knew him, 'tis possible that even the name he went by
was fictitious. That name was Smike, pronounced smeek. Poor smeek ! lie liad, ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"V. smeek.] SMELT, s. 1. A name sometimes given to the fry of salmon. In E.
it denotes the Salmo eperlanus, ..."
5. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1898)
"Poor smeek! he had, however, found one friend,—the land- hearted ... Nickleby had
not arrived a whit too soon to protect his poor friend smeek; ..."
6. The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1889)
"Nickleby had not arrived a whit too soon to protect his poor friend, smeek; all
the boys were called into the courtyard by Monsieur ..."
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