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Definition of Leerings
1. leering [n] - See also: leering
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leerings
Literary usage of Leerings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"Leers, and leerings, in Beaumont and Fletcher's Mons. Thomas, does not seem to
have any reference to this ; it means rather, sly looks, ..."
2. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 by John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott (1884)
"... And the dull leerings of a blinking eye— All seek for safety in the dark'nlug
veil— All fly for rescue from the critic's stare— The red, the dark, ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Leers, and leerings, in Beaumont an Fletcher's Mous. Thomas, does nc seem to have
any reference to this ; i means rather, sly looks, ..."
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