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creepie

/ ˈkriːpɪ, ˈkrɪp- /

noun

  1. a low stool

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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He placed himself on a somewhat ricketty "creepie," for the unwonted number of guests had used up all his available chairs.

"I sit on my creepie, I spin at my wheel And think on the laddie that lo'ed me sae weel, He had but ae saxpence, he brak it in twa And gied me the hauf o't, when he ga'd awa'."

The furniture consisted of the bed, a table with three legs, and a “creepie.”

"Thought you were the creepie out there, coming for a look," he whispered.

The poor girl suffered herself to be dressed, and then sat down on a "creepie" in the chimney corner, and buried her face in her hands.

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