peerie1
- Scot a spinning top
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Word Origin
C19: perhaps from peir a Scot variant of pear, alluding to the top's shape
peerie2
- Orkney & Shetland dialect small
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Word Origin
C19: of uncertain origin; perhaps from Norwegian dialect piren niggardly, thin
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Historical Examples
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?
As it happened that year the peerie, or Indian summer, was of unusual length and beauty.
Jan Vedder's WifeAmelia Edith Huddleston Barr