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leary

[leer-ee]

adjective

  1. a less common variant of leery.



leary

adjective

  1. dialect,  empty

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Philip Olivier, who played Timothy 'Tinhead' O'Leary, was just about to jet off on holiday when he got the unexpected call.

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TV and radio presenter Dermot O'Leary says he is "over the moon" that the first in his successful six-part children's book series is to become a stage musical.

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O'Leary based his Toto the Ninja Cat stories on his real pet, a blind moggy he adopted in Italy, which he said showed "incredible reactions".

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"I'm over the moon to see my book brought to life through puppetry," O'Leary added.

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O'Leary, who presents on ITV's This Morning and BBC Radio 2, is the author of a number of children's books, including Spy Fox And Agent Feathers and Wings Of Glory.

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