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skeek

verbaction

to stint or ration; be frugal

To stint or ration; to be frugal with something. Also used as a terse command telling a dog to keep off or stay back.

Example in use

Dinna skeek wi the butter, bairns'll hae some.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/SKEEK/

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Origin & context

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