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cleek, cleik [kliːk] n 1. Chiefly Scot a large hook, such as one used to land fish 2. (Individual Sports & Recreations) Golf a former name for a club, corresponding to the modern No. 1 or No. 2 iron, used for long low shots [of uncertain origin] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | In the prologue to Cleek of Scotland Yard, a detective novel published in England and in the US on the eve of the First World War, Superintendent Maverick Narkom of Scotland Yard expresses exasperation by "the sneers of carping critics and the pin pricks of overzealous reporters, who seemed to think that the Yard was to blame" if every evildoer was not immediately caught, ignoring past "brilliant successes". They included the 'Cheshire Triumvirate' of Gladys Dobell of Bromborough, Muriel Macbeth, who began her career at Prenton, and Doris Chambers, who started playing golf aged 13 at Wirral Ladies with one club, a cleek, the equivalent of the modern oneiron, not the easiest club to use. Scottish Alternative Games - New Galloway, August Traditional agricultural games with events like gird and cleek racing, tossing the sheaf, hurlin' the curlin' stane, Balmaclellan skittles, snail racing and the tug of war. |
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