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fleein'

/ ˈfliːɪn /

adjective

  1. dialect.
    drunk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fleein'1

literally: flying, from flee ²
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Example Sentences

Weel then, hes fleein up the road like the wund; hell he at Little Vantage (about nine miles off) in nae time if he haud on.

"This is a little band of religious devotees fleein' persecution," said Buck.

Does ye reckon mebby he war a-fleein' from some enemy over in Virginny—an' thet ther feller followed atter him an' got him?

But I reckon she was hidden or dropped by her mother, or some one fleein' for life.

His subjec' wuz 'Fleein' frum the wrath to come,' an' he wuz pow'rful.

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