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Mysie, what are ye sitting shaking and greeting in the chimney-neuk for?
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He led me to his own chamber, where I had never been before, and showed me how, in the chimney-neuk, was a way into a certain black hole of little ease, wherein, if any came in search for me, I might lie hidden.
A Monk of Fife Andrew Lang 1878
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-- I sat in by the chimney-neuk with no chance of interruption, and "feagued it away."
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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Mysie, what are ye sitting shaking and greeting in the chimney-neuk for?
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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I sit in the chimney-neuk, was my forbear, and an awfu’ man he was that dayin the fight, but specially after the Earl had fa’en, for he blamed himsell for the counsel he gave, to fight before Mar came up wi’ Mearns, and Aberdeen, and Angus.”
The Antiquary 1584
Gammerstang commented on the word chimney-neuk
Scots: A bend (e.g. in a coast). I assume it's a chimney corner.
January 9, 2018