teek

British

/ tiːk /

adjective

well; in good health

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Etymology

Origin of teek

C21: Punjabi

Example Sentences

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There was the old-fashioned square piano in its carven case, and cabinets from China or East India; also a lacquered Japanese screen, marble-topped tables of filigreed teek, brackets of inlaid ebony.

From In the Footprints of the Padres by Stoddard, Charles Warren

Me boy," said O'Halloran to me, affectionately, "ye haven't had so much ixpayrieence as I have, so I'll teek the liberty to give ye a small bit of instherruction.

From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by De Mille, James

Miss Joolia," he exclaimed, with what was intended for a polite bow, "I hope you will pardon me for this third liberty I teek in offering to spake to you.

From The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William

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