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claiks

claiks is the plural of claik.

Meaning of claik

Noun

claik (plural claiks)

  1. (Scotland) The cry of a goose, or other bird.
  2. (Scotland) Gossip; a gossip.
    • you might hide with your lass on the top of Ben Nevis and have your bit pleasure there, but ten to one when you got up to go home there'd be Mistress Munro or some claik of her kidney, near sniggering herself daft with delight at your shame.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 79
  3. The barnacle goose.

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Questions about claiks

What is claiks the plural of?
Claiks is the plural of claik.

Words near claiks in the dictionary

  1. Claibornes
  2. Claibourne
  3. Claife
  4. claik
  5. claiking
  6. claiks
  7. claim
  8. claim adjuster
  9. claim adjusters
  10. claim chart
  11. claim charts

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