fleece
noun
the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
was fleecing
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past progressiveof fleece.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But otherwise the circus seems happily unaltered from the days when Barnum was fleecing one a minute.
From Time Magazine Archive
The man saw that the gambler was fleecing the farmer, and he had coppered and won of course, thus blocking the dealer’s game.
From Life Gleanings by T. J. Macon
I've known for some time that somebody was fleecing her.
From The Mardi Gras Mystery by H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones
