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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See
streak .
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- verb archaic, dialect, UK, Scotland, transitive To
stretch . - verb archaic, dialect, UK, Scotland, transitive To
lay out , as a dead body.
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Examples
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I hoapso dat dis streek iz ovur, howsumebber, I feer iz nawt.
BEING ADORABLE - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Black kittehs haz such trubble finding hoams. *sigh* But iz smart peeps owt tehre who knows hao wunnermus a black kitteh can be — eben if tehy duz haz teh mischifuss streek!
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Wen ai wuz in colllij, dere wuz one dorm dat did a streek teh nawt-seccund warm nite meenin at leest 30, Fairenhyte ob teh yeer.
KFC witness - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Mah Evil streek came throo-She wuz talkin tew me onna fhone at teh kleenup time
the living dead - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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October 5, 2008 at 3:25 pm n a vishus streek a myl wyd!
Shhhh!! Be very quiet - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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O hat ub contayned splorteengs, yay on ur nawt sekundish streek!
And plz bring clothes 4 all - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Mugglelly-BUggelly has kept up his mishevious streek, 2 until juss resently.
::drool:: - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Mabye dere will eben be teh dredded “streek” – yoo noes, when tehy canot finish dere bidness in teh litter boks…
teh wind did ut - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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If you are one, have a fiery streek, please contact me so we can meet and physically fight.
11/10/2004 2004
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If you are one, have a fiery streek, please contact me so we can meet and physically fight.
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
Gammerstang commented on the word streek
(verb) - (1) To stretch or expand; to lay out a corpse; from Saxon streccan. Streeking-board, a board on which the limbs of the deceased are stretched out and composed. --John Brockett's Glossary of North Country Words, 1825 (2) Streeker, a layer-out of the dead. --Francis Robinson's Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Whidby Yorkshire, 1876
February 4, 2018