Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
spook .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
spook .
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Examples
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(daß es in dem Zimmer spuke), for something invisible to the eye had risen up from the corner with a sound as if it had been lying on straw, and slowly and feebly, but with distinct steps, crossed the room and sank down moaning and groaning behind the stove.
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The rostrum from vrhich the Athetiinn oraturs spuke there, tamed towards the »ea ly Theniistocles,
Plutarch's Lives 1812
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"the pirate's spuke," that used to cruise up and down the wrathful torrent, and was snuffed out of sight for some hours by old Peter
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 09 : as to buried treasure 1879
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