Meanings
nounleerie (plural leeries)
plural leeries
- a 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!
1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Lamplighter - the light of a lamp, candle, etc.; a lamp
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