fleer
1 Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of fleer1
1350–1400; Middle English flerien (v.) < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian flire a grin
Origin of fleer2
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at flee, -er 1
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Example Sentences
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This was the junk wax era, when Topps and Fleer and all these companies really overproduced because they thought there was big business in baseball cards.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025
Chef John Fleer, hailed as the “thinking man’s chef,” uses a sweet tea-based brine when making fried chicken.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2024
On April 9, the Chula Vista Police Department said it received two anonymous Crime Stoppers tips that led them to investigate Fleer and eventually arrest him.
From Washington Times • Jul. 23, 2020
The chef and restaurateur John Fleer, a pioneer of new Appalachian cooking, last year opened a restaurant, Benne on Eagle, that focuses on “Affrilachian” food, the cuisine of African-Americans in Appalachia.
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2019
Fleer, flēr, v.t. or v.i. to make wry faces in contempt, to mock.—n. mockery.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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