creepie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Steenie fetched a three-leggit creepie and sat down by her, looking as if he had sat there every night since first he was able to sit.
From Heather and Snow by MacDonald, George
A woman sat on a creepie, her face turned over her shoulder to see who came.
From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George
She hastened, instead, to place a chair for him as she had done when first he entered the cottage, and when he had taken it sat down at his feet on her creepie.
From David Elginbrod by MacDonald, George
"I thought you were the creepie out there, coming for a look," he whispered.
From Planet of the Damned by Harrison, Harry
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