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fleech

vb. 1 (context transitive Scotland English) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter. 2 (context intransitive Scotland English) To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely.

Usage examples of "fleech".

Obviously, though, some persons who should have been here, were not, for when Fleech paused at unanswered names, Judge Lawless threw vicious glares about the place.

Raised hands clenched Dave was almost on the point of offering such a suggestion, when Fleech acted on his own.

From the beefy-faced lieutenant down, they were crooks like the rest of the assemblage, the very ones who had not answered to the names that Fleech called from the list!

Now in the grasp of the men he had mistaken for police, Fleech was listening while Lawless called the roll himself.

What was to happen to Fleech, the crier who had become a squealer, Dave Channey was soon to see.

From where he sat, Dave could see Fleech tremble and sag in the supporting hands of the gloating men who gripped him.

Which was why Dave so suddenly sided against Fleech for trying to trick Judge Lawless.

His voice was stentorian, as he commanded his men to molest Fleech no further.

Reversing his gavel, he pointed across the room to a V-angle in the end partition, indicating that Fleech was to be taken there.

But Fleech was addressing Judge Lawless in person, and the pitiful tones made sense.

One hand raised, Judge Lawless was about to fling it sideward as a signal for the firing squad to blast Fleech into oblivion.

If this avenger, The Shadow, planned to rescue Fleech, it was right that Dave should have done the same.

Swung about by Dave, Fleech turned his gun in a new direction - toward Judge Lawless.

Seeing that the strugglers would serve him as shields, Lawless hurled himself upon them, and in the melee, Fleech broke loose.

Driving in from the other side, The Shadow was suddenly met by Fleech, who then - apparently for the first time - revealed his real purpose.