Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Scotch form of nook.

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  • noun Scotland A bend (e.g. in a coast) …the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter.

Etymologies

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See nook

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  • He "jokingly" threatened to "neuk" (beat) them with a sjambok he said.

    July 28, 2015