Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleeking
Literary usage of Cleeking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Old Forest Ranger; Or, Wild Sports of India on the Neilgherry Hills, in by Walter Campbell (1869)
"After some trouble he succeeded in cleeking them up with the crook of his umbrella,
and restored them to his master. " The Laird being fou, as aforesaid, ..."
2. The Harp of Renfrewshire: A Collection of Songs and Other Poetical Pieces by William Motherwell (1872)
"... then did bare-legg'd Elspa ken', Or car'da strae for me, man ; Now tugging at
me soon and late, They're cleeking but the yellow bait Sae mind me, Tarn, ..."
3. Physiognomy Illustrated; Or, Nature's Revelations of Character: A by Joseph Simms (1889)
"... sometimes they are controlled by hooking the thumbs in the vest pockets or
cleeking them in the arm-holes; but no matter how they are carried, ..."
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