The players carried their “play club,” known today as a driver, and their various irons, such as their “cleeks” and “rutirons,” under their arms. ❋ Unknown (2009)
One feels so much at sea when talk turns to mashie-niblicks, cleeks, and mid-irons. ❋ De Bernieres, Louis (2003)
He had even had the idea of copying the military wedding and escorting his bride out of the church under an arch of crossed cleeks. ❋ Unknown (1928)
Ill never master him without the ligthand a braver kipper, could I but land him, never reisted abune a pair o cleeks. n Some dashed into the water to lend their assistance, and the fish, which was afterwards found to weigh nearly thirty pounds, was landed in safety. ❋ Unknown (1917)
The salmon is usually dried by hanging it up, after being split and rubbed with salt, in the smoke of the turf fire above the cleeks, where it is said to reist, that preparation being so termed. ❋ Unknown (1917)
Palm Beach wastes a lot of time talking about clothes and the stock market when it might be discussing cleeks, midirons, and mashies. ❋ Julian Street (1913)
A large proportion of the cleeks one sees about are too delicate and ladylike. ❋ Harry Vardon (1903)
Making a broad classification, there are driving cleeks, ordinary cleeks, pitching cleeks, and cleeks with the weight in the centre. ❋ Harry Vardon (1903)
Even the driving cleeks have a certain amount of loft on their faces which enables them to get nicely under the ball, so that it rises with just sufficient quickness after being struck. ❋ Harry Vardon (1903)
I have two drivers, one brassy, a baffy or spoon, two cleeks (one shorter than the other), an iron, sometimes one mashie, sometimes two (one for running up and the other for pitch shots), a niblick, and sometimes two putters (one for long running-up putts and the other for holing out). ❋ Harry Vardon (1903)
I am inclined to think that one reason why so many players find it extremely difficult to get good work out of their cleeks, is that they use them with heads too thin and light. ❋ Harry Vardon (1903)
Drivers and brassies vary a little, cleeks and irons differ much, but mashies are more unlike each other than any of them. ❋ Harry Vardon (1903)
Above the rafters, well furnished with cleeks for the family stock of hams, there was spread, in lieu of a ceiling, a large sheet of canvas or coarse unbleached cotton. ❋ Cairns, John (1903)
And there are many different kinds of cleeks, the choice from which is to a large extent to be regulated by experiment and individual fancy. ❋ Harry Vardon (1903)
He has a larger collection of drivers, brassies, cleeks, mashies, midirons, jiggers, niblicks, putters and other tools than Billy Moon, and Moon is a specialist in that direction. ❋ Frederick Upham Adams (1890)
A Christian's life they harm na, though they mak 'it a mere weariness to him; but for him that quits the Prophet, tearing the flesh wi' iron cleeks is the best they hae for him. ' ❋ Charlotte Mary Yonge (1862)
Above the rafters, well furnished with _cleeks_ for the family stock of hams, there was spread, in lieu of a ceiling, a large sheet of canvas or coarse unbleached cotton. ❋ John Cairns (1855)
The salmon is usually dried by hanging it up, after being split and rubbed with salt, in the smoke of the turf fire above the cleeks, where it is said to ‘reist,’ that preparation being so termed. ❋ Unknown (1815)
The salmon is usually dried by hanging it up, after being split and rubbed with salt, in the smoke of the turf fire above the cleeks, where it is said to 'reist,' that preparation being so termed. ❋ Walter Scott (1801)
Verb: I am ready to get really [cleeked] tonight.
Noun: I was so cleeked last night; I blacked out, fell over [in the grass] and didn't make it back to my room until [7am]; I'd say all in all... great night. ❋ Ncsu, The Cleek (2009)
[The squad] is goin out tonight, and we [finna] look [cleek] af. ❋ Mbnmhc (2015)
1. Someone made food for you, you tasted it but didn't really like it, your brother asks you, how was the food your friend made? "It was [cleek]".
2. Your at church talking to a friend outside of a restroom, while chatting, someone who you don't know walks out of the restroom with a long trail of toilet paper stuck to their shoe walking back into the sanctuary.. you would both say to each other "Cleeeeeeeeeek!!".
3. Your girlfriend's breath smells, and your not sure if she ate [pesto] or [marinara sauce]... but you can't offend her because then it would turn into a nightmare, so you hand her a piece of gum and say "here, your breath is cleek". ❋ Jeremiah702 (2011)
[Beebo], stop pulling z [lever]!!!..."[cleek]"...Beebo!!!...."cleek"...Damnit Beebo!!!...."cleek" ❋ Pistol Starta (2004)
"Get that fucking [lame ass] [cleek] [out of here] before I slam him off the sidewalk" ❋ JoeMansel (2022)
Penny: You call me a hoe again and i'll stomp yo arse with my cleek. Fck a 9. I swing in the middle beezy! here's yo respect son.
Beezy: god [lawdy] she ant' [skerd]
Penny: Them middle [irons] get it done ❋ Hippogriff>isme (2009)
I went to [Applebee's] last night and got cleeked. It took 2 hours to get [seated], [the waiter] dumped water on me, and the food gave me explosive diarrhea. ❋ Cleeker (2015)
when ever i get on the computer i check out craigslist, i'm turning into a cleek. that guy spends more time on craigslist than on [free porn] what a cleek. if i wasn't a cleek i couldn't afford anything. [mikie] the [yorkie] is a cleek. ❋ Mikie The Yorkie (2008)
[Beebo], [pull] z [lever]!...."cleek" ❋ Pistol Starta (2004)
Republicans deciding [resistance] to common-sense steps to help limit COVID-19 spread are just a [Democratic] [ploy] is dumb, but cleek's law requires it. ❋ Wikkedblah (2021)
