fleer
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Then out it speaks the king himsell,85 And aye as he steps in the fleer; Says, "I grant you your life, lady, Because you are of tender year."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
I can laugh and fleer at you now.
From Cutlass and Cudgel by J. Schonberg
By a mile of engirding sea the prospect of escape looked so vain that one joined assent with a fleer.
From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman
The reader who studies every line should not fleer at him who studies not at all.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various
"Durn my boots ef I didn't furgit the password!" cried Nick Peters with his little falsetto laugh, that seemed keyed for a fleer, although it was most graciously modulated now.
From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Mary Noailles Murfree
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