heckling

Example Sentences

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I wouldna be deaved wi' your keckling for a' your eggs.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

They gang about keckling and screighing after the working men, like a hen that's hatched ducklings, when she sees them tak' the water.

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas

A cock pheasant made a most admired stir and keckling in seeing his wife and brood to roost on the branches of one of King James's age-old Scotch firs.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas

And keckling with thin wheezy laughter he straightened his back, and, planting one oar in the sand, set the boat afloat again skilfully.

From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas