Plural of fley; multiple instances of fright or fear (Scottish and Northern English dialect).
From fley (to frighten) + -s (regular plural). Simple plural formation of the dialectal verb/noun.
When someone says they got 'a few fleys,' they're piling up scariness—each 'fley' is a separate scare, and together they form a night of delicious shivers!
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