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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1894, 1949
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FLEEPIE, -Y, n. A somersault (Ags. 1916 T.S.D.C. II.; Ags. 1950); hence fig. a state of agitation or bewilderment.Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) xx.:
Juist to keep mysel' frae tumblin' a fleepy or a catma i' the middle o' the road.Ags.14 1949:
That put the doctor in a fleepie.
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