creepie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Margaret sat right under it, upon a creepie, or small three-legged wooden stool.
From David Elginbrod by MacDonald, George
"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 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
"Thought you were the creepie out there, coming for a look," he whispered.
From Sense of Obligation by Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
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 Morgan, Louisa
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