STREEL

Etymology 1

Noun

streel (plural streels)

A disreputable woman, a slut.

Etymology 2

Verb

streel (third-person singular simple present streels, present participle streeling, simple past and past participle streeled)

(colloquial) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion.

Anagrams

• Ertels, Ertles, Lester, re-lets, relets

Source: Wiktionary


Streel, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Stroll.]

Definition: To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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