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The restaurant is located in a former cleek factory, where high-end golf clubs were manufactured.—Brittany Anas, Forbes, 5 July 2022 The brassie, the spoon, the baffie and the cleek: All would be lost and consigned to the waters of time if not for the priceless collections once belonging to club champions with names like C. Stillborn Drunklord IV.—Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2022
Word History
Etymology
Middle English (northern) cleke, from cleken to clutch
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