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peerie

1

/ ˈpiːrɪ /

noun

  1. a spinning top
“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


peerie

2

/ ˈpiːrɪ /

adjective

  1. dialect.
    small
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of peerie1

C19: perhaps from peir a Scot variant of pear, alluding to the top's shape

Origin of peerie2

C19: of uncertain origin; perhaps from Norwegian dialect piren niggardly, thin
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Example Sentences

As it happened that year the peerie, or Indian summer, was of unusual length and beauty.

She did so, and just as she was sitting down to sup them the door opened, and a crowd of wee, wee Peerie Folk came in.

Do you remember how the child you once were sat in the brae, spinning the peerie, and hunkering at I-dree I-dree I droppit-it?

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