peerie
1/ (ˈpiːrɪ) /
noun
Scot a spinning top
Nearby words
- peer-to-peer network,
- peerage,
- peerce,
- peerce, jan,
- peeress,
- peerless,
- peerlessly,
- peetweet,
- peeve,
- peeved
Word Origin for peerie
C19: perhaps from peir a Scot variant of pear, alluding to the top's shape
adjective
Orkney & Shetland dialect small
Word Origin for peerie
C19: of uncertain origin; perhaps from Norwegian dialect piren niggardly, thin
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Examples from the Web for peerie
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 Wife|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr