"Creepie" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... fule, what are you skirling for? D'ye think I mean to shoot the dog? Set back on your creepie and make less noise, ...
— The House with the Green Shutters • George Douglas Brown
... the bairns at their luncheon or dinner in a little room just off the shop, Alexander the Small always sitting or kneeling on a 'creepie,' holding his plate down firmly with the left hand and eating with the right, whether the food be fish, porridge, or broth. In the Phin family the person who does not hold his plate down runs the risk of losing it to one of the other children or to the dogs, who, with eager ...
— Penelope's Experiences in Scotland • Kate Douglas Wiggin |
