Lexicographical Neighbors of Gecking
Literary usage of Gecking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The law of mines, quarries and minerals by Robert Forster MacSwinney (1884)
"Maclean, 13 ib. 674. 41. 2 It would have been refused, if the r' Thew v. Wingate,
10 B. & S. 721, party gecking it did not show some n. per Blackburn, ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"Geek. See Gawk, Gowk. Geek, v. to sneer or deride. gecking, près. part, scorning;
chuckling. Geds. See Girds. Gee, v. to give. ..."
3. The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of by William Jacob Holland (1898)
"I 'm blyth to s' ye.f The saucy Ant view'd him wi' scorn, Nor wad civilities
return; But gecking up her head, quoth she, 1 Poor animal ! l pity thee; ..."
4. Poems and Songs: Humorous, Serious, and Satirical by Alexander Rodger (1901)
"Art thou " Maggie," proud and saucy, "Nancy" on the "Banks o' Coil "— " Darling "
daughter o' " Eob Morris "— gecking at poor " Duncan Gray ? ..."
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