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flaysome

/ (ˈfleɪsəm) /
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adjective
Northern English dialect frightening
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Words nearby flaysome

flax kit, Flaxman, flaxseed, flay, F layer, flaysome, F.L.B., fld., fl. dr., fldxt, flea
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How to use flaysome in a sentence

  • Aw're forc't dray back a bit, at th' first, he glooart so flaysome.

    Lancashire Sketches|Edwin Waugh

  • Martha was beginning to tell me of certain “flaysome” looks also, but I desired not to hear of them.

    Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle|Clement K. Shorter

  • Nay, its flaysome to think on, it maks me low spirited,—let's sup off an' be gooin—its as ill as th' deead haase is this.

    Seets I' Paris|John Hartley
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