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  • Juist at that meenit Sandy cam 'fleein' alang the passage again, an 'by this time a' the fowk in the hotel were oot on the stairs.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • The stupid auld fule had gotten that doited that he cam 'fleein' awa 'wi' the bell in his hand.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • We had had a cart down at Dunse for some bits o 'things, and the lad brought the letter in his pocket; and weel do I mind how Jeannie cam' fleein 'wi' it open in her hand across the fields to where I was looking after some workers thinnin 'turnips, crying,' David!

    Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII Alexander Leighton 1837

  • "He wes a wee fractious and self-willed at the off-go, an 'wud be wantin' this an 'that for his denner, but he sune learned tae tak' what wes pit afore him; an 'as for gaein' oot withoot tellin 'me, he wud as sune hae thocht o' fleein '; when he cam' in he keepit naethin 'back at his tea.

    Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Ian Maclaren 1878

  • October 14, 2008 at 6:11 am maybee dey hoapin peeps wud decyde dey nawt need cair baad enuff 2 sit & lissen 2 dis. ai sees in mai mind alla pashunts fleein ina panik!

    u watch dis krap?? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Cam 'an' said they'd malkied Banquo, but they'd missed the fleein 'Fleance.

    The Scottish Song 1997

  • He had come doon wi 'the back o' his heid on a biscuit tin fu 'o' peyse meal, an 'had smashed the tin an' sent the meal fleein 'a' ower the hoose.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • The tatties were fleein 'ower the back door o' the cairt, an 'the scales were rattlin' an 'reeshlin' like an earthquake; an 'there was Sandy, bare-heided, up to the knees amon' his tatties, ruggin 'an' roarin ', like the skipper

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • The stairheid was fu 'o' fowk, a 'oot in their nicht-goons to see what was ado; but, I can ashure you, when they saw Sandy comin' fleein 'up, they shune disappeared.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • "O, it's the deevil fleein 'efter somebody," she said.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

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