The phrase "dearie for" is not a commonly used phrase in written English.
It is possible that it is a colloquial or regional expression, but I am not familiar with it. Can you provide more context or a specific example of how it is used?.
Ms. Dearie was for years closely associated with Mr. Frishberg and Mr. Dorough.
Judge Raymond J. Dearie of the Federal District Court in Brooklyn officiated at Studio 450, a photography space in Manhattan.
The songs date from all periods of a career remarkable for its longevity and for Ms. Dearie's stubborn independence and sly wit.
The songs -- her own and other people's -- date from all periods of a career remarkable for its longevity and for Ms. Dearie's stubborn independence and sly wit, which have never gone stale.
"Well done, dearie!" He signalled Manuel for another sherry.
Parkchester was "a lily-white community," Mr. Dearie said, a haven for firemen, policemen, Con Edison workers and employees of the telephone company.
In contrast, in Minnelli's Brigadoon (1954), she was the lovely Scots lass "waiting for my dearie" who comes in the shape of American tourist Kelly, romancing her as they dance through the Heather On The Hill.
The fairy-tale atmosphere begins when Eleanor comes to the garage in the city where her car is kept, and accidentally stumbles against a little old lady who is quite angry, in the best old-witch tradition, but is eventually placated, and as Eleanor gets into her car the little old lady says, "I will pray for you, dearie".
Dearie's staff was preparing for the first dinner seating.
He is a son of the late Catherine A. Dearie and the late John A. Dearie, who lived in Rockville Centre, N.Y.
For everyone else, there's "Dearie," the biography by Bob Spitz, new on the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 6. Spitz has previously written about the Beatles and Bob Dylan, and he evinces the music fan's pleasure in arcana and turning up picayune personal quirks and peccadilloes.
