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leeftail

leeftail adjective: high in demand; quickly sold.

Adjective

leeftail (comparative more leeftail, superlative most leeftail)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) High in demand; quickly sold.
    • Markets hes been terrable laa this lang time, hardly worth gangin teea; but it wur Size, en wur a varra lieftel market, an et wur a wunder.1839, Ann Coward Wheeler, Dialogues, poems, songs, and ballads

Forms of leeftail

comparativemore leeftail
superlativemost leeftail
alternative formleftal
alternative formlieftel
alternative formleavetail

Origin of leeftail

From Middle English *leftal, *lieftele, from Old English lēoftǣl, lēoftǣle (“kind, lovable, loving, dear, grateful, agreeable”), equivalent to lief + tell.

Questions about leeftail

What does leeftail mean?
Leeftail means high in demand; quickly sold.
What part of speech is leeftail?
Leeftail is an adjective.

Words near leeftail in the dictionary

  1. Leedys
  2. leef
  3. leefang
  4. leefangs
  5. Leeford
  6. leeftail
  7. Leegomery
  8. leek
  9. leek moth
  10. leek moths
  11. leek orchid

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