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Definition of Fleeched
1. fleech [v] - See also: fleech
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleeched
Literary usage of Fleeched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1877)
"... an' fleeched him not to ask for it, the more he insisted, till at last he got
her persuaded to creep cannily into the father's room, an' steal the key. ..."
2. Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads: Chiefly Ancient; with Explanatory by John Finlay (1808)
"And meikle had she fleeched ;f Out shot £ his hand, alas, alas! Fast in the
swirl § he screeched. The Mermaid leuch, her brief was gane, ..."
3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1916)
"Duncan fleeched *, and Duncan prayed; Ha, ha, &c. Meg was deaf as Ailsa Craig,
Ha, ha, &c. Duncan sighed baith out and in, ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1853)
"And it's naet hing but the pride of a bow from Sir Robert, and being fleeched
and made o' at election times, because you're a bailie, that gars ye heed them ..."
5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1885)
"... "that fleeched his cottier to stub up a thorn-bush on his land. The man wasna
willing to do it, ..."
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