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Definition of Streel
1. v. i. To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion.
Definition of Streel
1. Noun. A disreputable woman, a slut. ¹
2. Verb. (colloquial) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Streel
1. to saunter [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: saunter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Streel
Literary usage of Streel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1815)
"... the civilized world for its rich hankers, &c. turns out of this streel opposite
Fen- church It is dedicated to the sister of ..."
2. Good Words edited by Norman Macleod, Donald Macleod (1880)
"But for the streel they have no attractions ; on him they expend neither smiles
or glances, but bending nearly double over the iron railings of the wharf, ..."
3. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1880)
"But for the streel they have no attractions ; on him they expend neither smiles
or glances, but bending nearly double over the iron railings of the wharf, ..."
4. A Topographical Dictionary of England: Comprising the Several Counties ...by Samuel Lewis by Samuel Lewis (1831)
"Gen., White Friars, Canterbury Ramsay, M., Esq., MA, FLS, Fellow and * Ramsbottom,
Mr. Wm., St. Edmund's, Norwich Ramsden, Richard, Esq., Brook-streel, ..."
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