cleek
Chiefly Scot. a large hook, especially one fixed to the inside walls of a house to hold clothing, pots, or food.
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.
Chiefly Scot. to grasp or seize (something) suddenly and eagerly; snatch.
Origin of cleek
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How to use cleek in a sentence
Drivers and brassies vary a little, cleeks and irons differ much, but mashies are more unlike each other than any of them.
The Complete Golfer [1905] | Harry VardonI'll never master him without the light; and a braver kipper, could I but land him, never reisted abune a pair o' cleeks.'
Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated | Sir Walter ScottA large proportion of the cleeks one sees about are too delicate and ladylike.
The Complete Golfer [1905] | Harry Vardon
British Dictionary definitions for cleek
cleik
/ (kliːk) /
mainly Scot a large hook, such as one used to land fish
golf a former name for a club, corresponding to the modern No. 1 or No. 2 iron, used for long low shots
Origin of cleek
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