Gleg

//ɡlɛɡ// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A look or glance. Northern-England, archaic

    "And besides, you'd do the tomb so well. Everybody feels as if they want a gleg at the skeleton in your vault."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of cleg. alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    To glance. Northern-England
Adjective
  1. 1
    Smart; quick; brisk. Scotland

    "One patted her neck, and assured her she was the gleggest and bonniest young thing she had ever seen."

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"And besides, you'd do the tomb so well. Everybody feels as if they want a gleg at the skeleton in your vault."

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