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单词 peerie
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Example sentences from the Web for peerie

  • Do you remember how the child you once were sat in the brae, spinning the peerie, and hunkering at I-dree I-dree I droppit-it?

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, November 15, 1890|Various
  • As it happened that year the peerie, or Indian summer, was of unusual length and beauty.

    Jan Vedder's Wife|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

peerie

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/ (ˈpiːrɪ) /

noun

Scot a spinning top

Word Origin for peerie

C19: perhaps from peir a Scot variant of pear, alluding to the top's shape

Words nearby peerie

peerage, Peerce, peeress, peer group, Peer Gynt, peerie, peerless, peer of the realm, peer pressure, peer review, peers

British Dictionary definitions for peerie (2 of 2)

peerie2
/ (ˈpiːrɪ) /

adjective

Orkney & Shetland dialect small

Word Origin for peerie

C19: of uncertain origin; perhaps from Norwegian dialect piren niggardly, thin
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