creepie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She put a little creepie stool under his feet, felt that his clothes were not wet, scolded the dogs to a respectful distance, and inspired the peats into a double blaze.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
I found myself being pressed gently down from the low creepie to the floor.
From My Lady of the Chimney Corner by Alexander Irvine
"I thought you were the creepie out there, coming for a look," he whispered.
From Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison
A passage thus cleared, he floated out first a chair, then a creepie, and one thing after another, to learn from what point to start the barrel.
From Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
He placed himself on a somewhat ricketty "creepie," for the unwonted number of guests had used up all his available chairs.
From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Louisa Morgan
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