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What is a neuk?

What is a neuk? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Scotland) A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917)
  2. (Scotland) A bend (e.g. in a coast) …the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter.
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She put the spinning-wheel into the neuk window-stand and the woo-wheel against the wall.
Regaining some momentary composure, the girl turned her eyes once more aside and looked through the neuk window towards the south.
We didn't have time for three courses, but we enjoyed the zuppetta of local fish and shellfish and the very fresh East Neuk crab and pasta.
There was a letter from his wife now holidaying at the Neuk Hydropathic.
The girl walked to the neuk window and put her hand on the old wheel.
Their prized Fender Squier electric guitar was due to be auctioned at a sports dinner last night to raise cash for Eleanor's East Neuk Wheelchair Appeal.

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