creepie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Na," said the object, "nane can sit on that creepie but the minnie o' me—Corp-licht Kate o' the Star.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
"He'll tak' the daylicht wi' him, I doot, my lass," she said, as she made the porridge for breakfast one morning, and looked down anxiously at her daughter, seated on the creepie by the ingle-neuk.
From David Elginbrod by George MacDonald
He got hold of Margaret's creepie, which stood in its usual place, and sat down upon it, at the old woman's feet.
From David Elginbrod by George MacDonald
He placed himself on a somewhat ricketty "creepie," for the unwonted number of guests had used up all his available chairs.
From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Louisa Morgan
She put a little creepie stool under his feet, felt that his clothes were not wet, scolded the dogs to a respectful distance, and inspired the peats into a double blaze.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
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