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  • Faizan Zahidundefined Offline
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    a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

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      a suggestive or sneering look or grin

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        look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression

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          A leer is a look or gaze that is unpleasant, suggestive or lascivious in nature; often showing a knowing or sly expression. It could also refer to staring at someone in an unwanted or inappropriate way.

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            empty; destitute; wanting

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              an oven in which glassware is annealed

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                complexion; aspect; appearance

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                  a distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion

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                    to look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look

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                      to entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin

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                        Leer is a town in the district of Leer, the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the river Ems, near the border with the Netherlands.
                        It has a railway and autobahn connection to Groningen, Netherlands, Emden, Bremen and the South.

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                          lēr, n. a sly, sidelong look: (Shak.) complexion, colour.—v.i. to look askance: to look archly or obliquely.—adv. Leer′ingly, with a leering look. [A.S. hleór, face, cheek; Ice. hlýr.]

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                            destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse

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                              wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words

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