Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural Obs. pl. of
flea .
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Examples
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I write on behalf of Mr. Goldman regarding certain comments and disparaging remarks that are posted and housed on your website (www. fleen.com).
Boing Boing 2007
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For the ravenes and the crowes and the choughes, and other foules of the contree assemblen hem there every zeer ones, and fleen thider as in pilgrymage: and eyeryche of hem bringethe a braunche of the bayes or of olyve, in here bekes, in stede of offryng, and leven hem there; of the whiche the monkes maken gret plentee of oyle; and this is a gret marvaylle.
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And aftre that thei fleen away, in alle haste that the bestes may go, or the
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This bryd men seen often tyme, fleen in tho contrees: and he is not mecheles more than an Egle.
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And zee schulle undirstonde, that it is gret drede for to pursue the Tartarines, zif thei fleen in bataylle.
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And the sparhauk and other foules of raveyne, whan thei fleen aftre here praye, and take it before men of armes, it is a gode signe: and zif he fayle of takynge his praye, it is an evylle sygne.
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This bryd men seen often tyme, fleen in tho contrees: and he is not mecheles more than an Egle.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And aftre that thei fleen away, in alle haste that the bestes may go, or the
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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For the ravenes and the crowes and the choughes, and other foules of the contree assemblen hem there every zeer ones, and fleen thider as in pilgrymage: and eyeryche of hem bringethe a braunche of the bayes or of olyve, in here bekes, in stede of offryng, and leven hem there; of the whiche the monkes maken gret plentee of oyle; and this is a gret marvaylle.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And the sparhauk and other foules of raveyne, whan thei fleen aftre here praye, and take it before men of armes, it is a gode signe: and zif he fayle of takynge his praye, it is an evylle sygne.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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