单词 | creeshy |
释义 | creeshyadj. Scottish. a. Greasy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > smeared > with fat or grease greasy?1518 creeshy1535 fatty1572 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 140 I ken weill, be his creischie mow, He hes bene at ane feast. a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 747 Creishie soutter, shoe cloutter, minch moutter. 1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 213 Wabsters..pour your creeshie nations..Swith to the Laigh Kirk. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Dec. 2/2 But filthy lucre is the name For Scotland's creeshy pounds. b. substantive. ΚΠ 1890 Scot. Notes & Queries Aug. 53 Creeshie was the name given to boys and girls who worked in the carding and spinning departments [of woollen mills]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1535 |
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