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peerie

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peerie1
n
Scot a spinning top
[perhaps from peir a Scot variant of pear, alluding to the top's shape]
peerie2
adj
Orkney and Shetland dialect small
[of uncertain origin; perhaps from Norwegian dialect piren niggardly, thin]
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Sorry, dear, speak for yourself, but I expect to totter happily into my own dotage in my usual four-inch peeries - well, maybe I'll come down an inch.
DEAR DAME JOAN; Record agony aunt and proud gran JOAN BURNIE has a ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Not really waving, you see, but drowning, as the figure in the beaver coat scissor-strode away in clackety peerie heels.
A breath of air by Frame, Ronald / Confrontation
Anderson & Co have real Shetland knitwear and the Peerie Shop sells knitwear, books, and clothes.
Town of the week; Lerwick by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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