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cry reck

adverbial phrasequality

Close enough to be heard

Near enough to be heard when someone calls or shouts.

Example in use

“I shoutit frae da shore an Fergie wis cry reck on da pier”

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/KRAI-REK/

Word snapshot

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutral

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