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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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KEEK, n.3 A linen cap for the head and neck (Abd. 1824 G. Smith Douglas 112).

Comb.: pearlin keek, a cap with an edging or border, orig. of lace, round it. See Pearlin. [kik; kɛk (Jam.)]Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 30, 125:
An' a' the time the tears ran down her cheek, An' pinked o'er her chin upon her keek. . . . Then round the ring she dealt them ane by ane, Clean in her pearlin keek and gown alane.
Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 15:
Her keek was white as driven snaw.

[Phs. from Keek, v.1, to peep, from the difficulty of seeing sideways out of the bonnet.]

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