2. Noun. (context: Scotland northern England) A common or violent urban youth. ¹
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Definition of Keelie
1. a kestrel [n -S] - See also: kestrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keelie
Literary usage of Keelie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"keelie, ». A hawk, chiefly applied to a young one, Loth. ... keelie, adj.
Reddish ; coloured by raddle. ..."
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