Definition of "keelie" []

• A sparrowhawk or kestrel. (noun)
• A common or violent urban youth. (noun)

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• "The kilt was my wear when first I went to Glascow College, and many a St Mungo keelie, no better than myself at classes or at English language, made fun of my brown knees, sometimes not to the advantage of his headpiece when it came to argument and neifs on the Fleshers 'Haugh."
• "You'd see your son grow up a drunken keelie, an 'mebbe a thief an' a murderer, so long as you could say there was nae harm in it."
• "How can we expect ... keelie: Students for Justice in Palestine Hmmm … I ... yamit82: Rumor has it that the Saudis are storing up to 5 ..."