Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who works on a barge or keel. Also
keelman . - noun A small shallow tub used for some domestic purposes, as dish-washing, also to hold stuff for calking ships, etc.
- noun A square or oblong wooden box, from 3 to 4 feet long and 6 to 8 inches deep, used in dressing mackerel, and also to hold the salt used in the process. More fully called
gib-keeler .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also
keelman . - noun A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc.
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- noun historical One employed in managing a
Newcastle keel , orcoal boat . - noun A small or shallow
tub .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Will whoa relevant keeler the briefcase suit = awesome. never thought we'd see the 80's silver/red this quick.cool. bring on the hulk-buster armor for part 3!
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Ugly, old words like piggin and spurtle and keeler, which are all kitchen implements.
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Meh ... lee keeler that's totally the house from "drag me to hell".
VOTD: The Twist Ending That Should’ve Happened - Garfield Never Existed | /Film 2010
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The remaining curds she tapped out into a small oaken keeler.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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Pleese send a stabbed undressed envelope of Bern and Ern dancing and doing their splendid to entertain a most deserting group and we hope this fires you as you keeler.
In His Own Write John Lennon 2000
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The remaining curds she tapped out into a small oaken keeler.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
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Tote in pidgin and keeler -- make out of cedar and cypress.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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'Go,' said mother, on meeting me, 'to the spring, and fetch a keeler of water, and take it up in the loft, and wash and dress yourself, and come down to my room; you will find your clean clothes on the bag of dried apples.'
Master William Mitten: or, A Youth of Brilliant Talents, Who Was Ruined by Bad Luck 1864
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But it sure would be fun and a bit adventurous to ask white liberal, socialist folk that same question just to see 'em squirm .... folks like hitler-y clintoon, garrison keeler, chrissy mathews, and/or keith older-man!
Latest Articles 2010
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Although slow by the standards of the latest IMOCA 60s, which are probably a good 10 per cent faster, this sturdy canting carbon-keeler has proved very reliable indeed.
YBW News 2010
chained_bear commented on the word keeler
"Keelers, are small tubs, which hold stuff for the calking of ships."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 210
October 14, 2008