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noun
1.
Chiefly Scot. a large hook, especially one fixed to the inside walls of a house to hold clothing, pots, or food.
2.
Golf Older Use. a club with an iron head, a narrow face, and little slope, used for shots from a poor lie on the fairway and sometimes for putting.
verb (used with object)
3.
Chiefly Scot. to grasp or seize (something) suddenly and eagerly; snatch.
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Cleek
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is absquatulate. Does it mean:
| to flee; abscond: |
| to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly. |
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (Scots ) cleke hook, derivative of cleke to take hold of, variant of cleche, akin to clutch1
1350–1400; Middle English (Scots ) cleke hook, derivative of cleke to take hold of, variant of cleche, akin to clutch1
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