leer

• Lowering the body to the base of the idol which leaned sideways in a drunken leer, Birnier lifted the spear and brought it down accurately between zu Pfeiffer’s left arm and breast, and dropping swiftly upon his knees to cover his actions, slashed his own left forearm. —  Witch-Doctors
• The noo 'un wouldn't let the old 'un in, would it Ah, that's where it is," replied Mr Brassey, with a leer, as he raised his cup to his large ugly mouth and chuckled. —  My Doggie and I
• The monster's eye was turned up towards him with a wicked leer, and he believed that in another instant the savage creature would have made a grab at the raft. —  Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land
• "Show us how you did it Whereupon Henry the First favoured the court with a fascinating leer, which left no doubt on any one's mind that he had been falsely accused So two more lies were set down against me; and the Black Prince called over the next Stephen usurped the throne on Henry's death Quite right, quite right," said Matilda; "perfectly correct Matilda, after a civil war, in which her bad temper made her many enemies Oh you story!" —  Boycotted And Other Stories
• We remained until the last, Philip and I, but in stepping on the ladder to descend, he turned to me with a leer, and said, in his hoarse, dissipated voice You see, steady as a sailor; Camille is not nearly the son of a widow The blood mounted to my head. —  Ten Tales

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