Yorkshire Folk-Talk With Characteristics of Those Who Speak It in the North And East Ridings
The book Yorkshire Folk-Talk With Characteristics of Those Who Speak It in the North And East Ridings was written by author Morris, Marmaduke Charles Frederick, 1844- Here you can read free online of Yorkshire Folk-Talk With Characteristics of Those Who Speak It in the North And East Ridings book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Yorkshire Folk-Talk With Characteristics of Those Who Speak It in the North And East Ridings a good or bad book?
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Dan. Flab (chaps) ; also colloquially. Hold flab (none of your jaw). Flay, V. C. To frighten, to scare. Hence the a^S,. flaysome (frightful), which however is not very commonly used. O. N. Fteja (to frighten). Ex. — Q. 'Why isn't your brother at school ?' A. Pleeas Sir.' he 'sflaain creeaks. — T' lahtle lass wer flaayd ti gan wiv hersen. Flay-boggle, n. F. A hobgoblin : that which frightens ; esp. at night. Flay-orow, flay-oreeak, n. F. A scarecrow. Flee, n. C. A fly. Dan. At flyve (to fly). In... the Danish pr. a distinct w is heard which is lost in the Yorkshire pr. Ex. — T' flees plagues t' hosses weeantly. Flee-by-sky, n. F. (pr. fleebisky, the accent being on the first and third syllables). A passionate female ; a giddy, flighty girl. Ex. — Sha 's a reglar fleebisky. Fleece, v. C. To make thin, generally applied to persons who have lost flesh through illness ; to get out of condition. Ex. — Mah wo'd, bud it 's fleeced him .' GLOSSARY. 307 Fleece, n. F. Bodily condition ; esp.
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