fleein'

/ ˈfliːɪn /

adjective

1. dialect.
   drunk

Word History and Origins

Origin of fleein'¹

literally: flying, from flee ²

Example Sentences

O'er Scotland's links lang may ye bum; Some purse-proud billies haw and hum, And say ye're douf at fleein'; But let them try ye fairly out, Wi' ony balls for days about, Your merits they will loudly tout, And own they hae been leein'.

From Project Gutenberg

I hadna time to get thae words fairly out, when Mrs Kennedy threw her bairn into my arms, and, fleein forward wi' the keenness and fire o a love that had been lang repressed and now burst its chains, seized, wi' her longing, greedy arms, her husband round the neck, like a ferocious mastiff.

From Project Gutenberg

Ay, in a boat," replied the grocer—"a lang boat, mounted upon a lang cart; an' there were they a' seated in it, wi' ribbons fleein; an' wi' the Union, as they ca' the flag which hung at the ship's mast when they beat the Frenchman; an' the folks a' shoutin, an' the bairns skirling.

From Project Gutenberg

He spoke on his angry impulse: 'An' I ain't goin' ter furgit in a hurry how I hev fund out ez ye air a-consortin' with criminals, an' aidin' an' abettin' men ez air fleein' from jestice an' wanted fur murder.

From Project Gutenberg

I started owre the bed, and I was hardly half-dressed, when I heard the street-door open, and the servant lass come fleein up the stair.

From Project Gutenberg