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neuks

neuks is the plural of neuk.

Meaning of neuk

Noun

neuk (plural neuks)

  1. (Northumbria, Scotland) A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917)
  2. (Northumbria, Scotland) A bend (e.g. in a coast) …the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter.

Questions about neuks

What is neuks the plural of?
Neuks is the plural of neuk.

Words near neuks in the dictionary

  1. Neuilly-sur-Seine
  2. neuk
  3. Neukam
  4. Neukams
  5. Neukirch-Uchida theorem
  6. neuks
  7. Neukölln
  8. Neulette
  9. Neulussheim
  10. neum
  11. neuma

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