neuk
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Sairy be your meal-pock, and aye your nieve i' the neuk o't.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
The first that in the neuk does fa’ We’ll mak’ him king amang the three.”
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
The girl walked to the neuk window and put her hand on the old wheel.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir
Regaining some momentary composure, the girl turned her eyes once more aside and looked through the neuk window towards the south.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir
Kate sits i’ the neuk, Suppin hen broo; Deil tak Kate An’ she be na noddin too!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
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