Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To wheedle; coax.
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- verb transitive, Scotland To
wheedle ;coax ;cajole ;induce with fair words;flatter . - verb intransitive, Scotland To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely.
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Hout tout, man!” answered Jasper, “keep a calm sough; better to fleech a fool than fight with him.”
The Monastery 2008
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Them two lads won't know how to fleech and flatter me enough.
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"Wha sang the day?" he asked anxiously, hoping that there had been some sore mishap, and that the minister, or even Mrs. Skinner herself, might come humbly chapping at his door to fleech with him to return.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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Them two lads won't know how to fleech and flatter me enough.
The Man Between, an International Romance Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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"Hout tout, man!" answered Jasper, "keep a calm sough; better to fleech a fool than fight with him."
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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Philistines as weel as young Milnwood, and he was brought here a prisoner this morning, and I was fain to speak Tam Halliday fair, and fleech him to let me near the puir creature; but Cuddie wasna sae thankfu 'as he needed till hae been neither, "she added, and at the same time changed her tone, and briskly withdrew the handkerchief from her face;" so I will ne'er waste my een wi' greeting about the matter.
Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801
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Philistines as weel as young Milnwood, and he was brought here a prisoner this morning, and I was fain to speak Tam Halliday fair, and fleech him to let me near the puir creature; but Cuddie wasna sae thankfu 'as he needed till hae been neither, "she added, and at the same time changed her tone, and briskly withdrew the handkerchief from her face;" so I will ne'er waste my een wi' greeting about the matter.
Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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"If you think," he said, "that I am going to give up my mind to manage, as you womenfolks call it, and bring a thing about, and draw on the man and fleech the lassie, ye are just sair mistaken, Eelen.
Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891
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'Hout tout, man!' answered Jasper, 'keep a calm sough: better to fleech a fool than fight with him.'"
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
hernesheir commented on the word fleech
A rather unflattering verb.
December 6, 2012