Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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¶SKEKLES, n.pl. Two short pieces of wood or bones held between the fingers and cracked together to make a rattling noise, castanets (Abd. 1910). [skɛklz]
[Imit., phs. based on Keckle.]
