| 释义 |
creeshy, a. Sc.|ˈkriːʃɪ|
[f. creesh n. + -y1. In Gael. créisidh (ˈkreːʃi).]
Greasy.
1535Lyndesay Satyre 140, I ken weill, be his creischie mow, He hes bene at ane feast. a1605Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 747 Creishie soutter, shoe cloutter, minch moutter. 1786Burns Ordination i, Wabsters..pour your creeshie nations..Swith to the Laigh Kirk. 1891Pall Mall G. 28 Dec. 2/2 But filthy lucre is the name For Scotland's creeshy pounds.
b. subst.
1890Scot. N. & Q. Aug. 53 Creeshie was the name given to boys and girls who worked in the carding and spinning departments [of woollen mills]. |