Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The kestrel.
Wiktionary
- n. Scotland A sparrowhawk or kestrel.
- n. Scotland A common or violent urban youth.
Etymologies
- Imitative. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The kilt was my wear when first I went to Glascow College, and many a St Mungo keelie, no better than myself at classes or at English language, made fun of my brown knees, sometimes not to the advantage of his headpiece when it came to argument and neifs on the Fleshers 'Haugh.”
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
“You'd see your son grow up a drunken keelie, an 'mebbe a thief an' a murderer, so long as you could say there was nae harm in it.”
“How can we expect ... keelie: Students for Justice in Palestine Hmmm … I ... yamit82: Rumor has it that the Saudis are storing up to 5 ...”
“Ed D: I don't understand why Israel even responds ... keelie: By the way, Israeli Palestinian Rights Groups ...”
“Subscribe to us and you will receive Most Wanted keelie: u messed up a couple of the words but basically thats about it Astrid Jonas: The Jonas Brothers are just the best!!! and NICK is the best of them … right??? and I really want ...”
“: Well astrid, i think the jonas brothers are having a world tour soon!! i'm hoping they're in ... keelie: u messed up a couple of the words but basically thats about it Astrid Jonas: The Jonas Brothers are just the best!!! and NICK is the best of them … right??? and I really want ...”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘keelie’.
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
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Dr. Jamieson's Birds
A rich list of Scottish bird (nick)names and related terms cited in Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
stone-chatter, clocharet, bowger, coulter-neb, branchers, brissel-cock, turkey-cock, brongie, bubblyjock, polliecock, bullfit, bullfrench and 220 more...
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birds which sound their names
or part of them. I'm a bit sleepy, I think these need checking
kittiwake, chiffchaff, turtle dove, cuckoo, twite, hadeda ibis, crex crex, whippoorwill, peewit, chickadee, chough, knot and 35 more...
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Baby Names
sydnee, scarlett, ava, molly, hanna, emma, anabelle, emerson elizabeth, keelie, madysn, emmett, collin and 7 more...
Tweets
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hernesheir "A hawk; a young hawk; a thief." Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841. May 24, 2011
yarb "You're struck on that Robert Louis Stevenson, but he wasn't so much. My Aunt Phemie was with him at Mr. Robert Thompson's school in Heriot Row, and she says he was an awful young blackguard, playing with the keelies all he could and gossiping with the cabmen on the rank."
- Rebecca West, The Judge, ii Jul 10, 2009