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keelie

keel·ie [ klee ] (plural keel·ies)


noun 
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Scotland an offensive term for a man or boy from a town or city, especially Glasgow, who is regarded as being of low social class and tough or rough

[Mid-19th century. < Gaelic gille "boy, servant"]
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