fleer
1 Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of fleer1
1350–1400; Middle English flerien (v.) < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian flire a grin
Origin of fleer2
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at flee, -er 1
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Example Sentences
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Yes, Abner, but thus soon to yield, Neighbours would fleer, and look behind 'em; Though, with a husband in the field, Perhaps, indeed, I should not mind 'em.
From Wild Flowers Or, Pastoral and Local Poetry by Bloomfield, Robert
I have heard One of your Council fleer and jeer at him.
From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
And cannot I likewise, when time serves, and company is disposed to be kindly affected with it, smile and fleer as takingly?
From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan
At any rate, that strutting chanticleer, with his two meagre wives and one wizened chicken, is a sly side fleer at the tragic aspect of the law of descent.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 by Various
By a mile of engirding sea the prospect of escape looked so vain that one joined assent with a fleer.
From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence
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