fleer

Example Sentences

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O he has doen him to his ha' To make him bierly cheer, An' in it came a griesly ghost Steed stappin' i' the fleer.

From Poetry of the Supernatural by Various

Then out it speaks the king himsell,85 And aye as he steps in the fleer; Says, "I grant you your life, lady, Because you are of tender year."

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

Then, the foolish people, they looke, they stare, they laugh, they fleer, and mount upon fourmes and pewes, to see these goodly pageants solemnized in this sort.

From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.

Perhaps there was some truth in Betty's fleer, of her never having known any better company than that of the village apothecary.

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

He expressed himself, of course, with eccentric ABANDON—it would have been impossible for him to do otherwise; but he was content to indicate his deepest feelings with a fleer.

From Eminent Victorians by Strachey, Giles Lytton