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flite
/ fləɪt; flaɪt /
verb
- tr to scold or rail at
noun
- a dispute or scolding
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Origin of flite1
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Origin of flite1
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Example Sentences
My guardian was contemplating Miss Flite's birds, and I had no need to look beyond him.
It was the room with the dark door, to which Miss Flite had secretly directed my attention when I was last in the house.
Miss Flite received the compliment with complacency, and dropped a general courtesy to us.
Reckon Flite's notion was right, after all—ther' ort to be a workin'-man's chapel.
Lad's love is lassie's delight, / And if lads won't love, lassies will flite (scold).
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