leerie
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Noun edit
leerie (plural leeries)
- 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!
- the light of a lamp, candle, etc.; a lamp