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Meanings of fleer in English

Spanish
tránsfugo

Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation.

tránsfugo
Usage of fleer in English
1
Why didst thou fleer at our friend, who feigned himself asleep?
Days with Sir Roger De Coverley
2
M. You can't keep within tolerable bounds!-Thatsaucy fleer I cannot away with-
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4
3
Betty, with a very saucy fleer, said to Shorey, There would be a trial of skill about that she fancied.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1
4
They sha' na flout and fleer, the feckless queans, the hissies wha'll threep to stan' i' your auld shoon ae day!
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 / A Magaz...
5
Fleer came running up to his father, his long hair flying.
The First King of Shannara
6
None of your fleers and your jeers, Sir, cried John.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8
7
Ben swore a big oath, fleered a laugh, and kicked the sand with his heels.
Heralds of Empire / Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieu...
8
You've got your howitzer buckled on, fleered Andy Green.
The Happy Family
9
The cripple laughed again his feeble, fleering laugh.
The Black Douglas
10
Raybur commanded the left flank in the company of Geften while Wyrik and Fleer commanded the right.
The First King of Shannara
11
But we were not the only fleers.
Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger
12
The ambassador turned with a fleering triumph.
The Black Douglas
13
I betche there ain't a word of truth in all that scarey talk, Happy Jack fleered heavily.
The Flying U's Last Stand
14
And as to the flickers and fleers of the neighbours, your onnurable onnur, a leave me to humdudgin they.
Anna St. Ives
15
Yet everybody fleers at it.
Gala-Days
16
Soon he was close thereto, having hewn away all fleers that hindered him, and the doorway was before him.
The House of the Wolfings / A Tale of the House of the Wolfings ...
Frequent collocations
Translations for fleer
Fleer through the time