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Examples
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Maybe she'll revive, and maybe she won't, but just the same I can't help feelin 'leary about her.
CHAPTER XV 2010
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Maybe she'll revive, and maybe she won't, but just the same I can't help feelin 'leary about her.
Chapter 15 1917
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I am kind of leary of someone who can't mind their bank to be in charge of my money.
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My name is Johnny McFarland and I was knocking on the door of Miss O'leary's house when she opened it up and asked me to come in.
Leather 2010
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I be kind of leary at first, but he smilin an all, an so's I do.
Forrest Gump Groom, Winston, 1944- 1986
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You've got to admire Michael o'leary's Mercantilist attitde.
Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk Hilary Osborne 2010
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Just wish someone would give O'Leary a a good kicking personally i'd rather swim through raw sewage than put a penny in o'leary's pocket.
Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010
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"Marriage à la Mode;" the bastard gipsy smiled in "leary" fashion, as if he were coming up for the second round of a fight, and knew that he had it all own way.
The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary James Runciman 1871
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The 1 1/16 in cutting diameter for the 100 grn head also makes be leary.
Somebody mentioned a few days ago that their steel broadheads rusted in the quiver. 2009
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The 1 1/16 in cutting diameter for the 100 grn head also makes be leary.
Somebody mentioned a few days ago that their steel broadheads rusted in the quiver. 2009
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