leerie

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leerie (plural leeries)

  1. a lamplighter
    • 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Lamplighter:
      Now Tom would be a driver and Maria go to sea,
      And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be;
      But I, when I am stronger and can choose what I’m to do,
      O Leerie, I’ll go round at night and light the lamps with you!
  2. the light of a lamp, candle, etc.; a lamp

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