Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural prov. Eng. A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.
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- noun UK, dialect A mixture of
buttermilk andboiling whey ;curds .
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Examples
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As to some of the early thinkers, amid the fleetings of sensible objects, ideas alone seemed to be fixed, so to a later generation amid the fluctuation of philosophical opinions the only fixed points appeared to be outward objects.
Theaetetus 2007
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But, except for these fleetings memories, if, indeed, they be memories, it all seems very unreal, like a nightmare.
The Story of My Life Annie Sullivan 1905
fbharjo commented on the word fleetings
in a fleeting whey???
September 7, 2011