Read full poem →please shut that
the pout And affectionate leer
interminable pyramidal,napkins
Dictionary Entry
A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. leerfoundation leery leerinstitute leerleer vanleer deleer paraleer civil
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Poetry examples for “leer”
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Read full poem →When o'er his beer
Began to leer
Drunken Thangbrand, Olaf's Priest?
Read full poem →Some sidled up the stairs:
And with subtle sneer, and fawning leer,
Each helped us at our prayers.
Read full poem →Autorschaft. Zu frueh oder unmaessig gebraucht, macht sie den Kopf
wueste and das Herz leer; wenn sie auch sonst keine ueble Folgen gaebe.
Ein Mensch, der nur lieset um zu druecken, lieset wahrscheinlich uebel;
Read full poem →Looking into the heart of light, the silence.
_Oed’ und leer das Meer_.
Read full poem →f. Grepwrihincak ae oheyes
forth petuher 12 wo prrprur. Leer ),
Read full poem →Help us the intricate, desperate battle to face
Till the leer of the trader is seen nevermore in the land,
Till we bring every maid of the age to one sheltering hand.
Read full poem →Drooping tongues from jaws that slob their relish,
Baring teeth that leer like skulls' tongues wicked?
Stroke on stroke of pain,--but what slow panic,