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keel-bully [f. keel n.2 + bully n.1 2.] One of the crew of a keel; a Tyneside lighterman.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Keel-bullies, Lightermen that carry Coals to and from the Ships, so called in Derision. 1789Brand Hist. Newcastle II. 261 note. 1860[see bully n.1 2]. 1863in Robson Bards Tyne 73 The keelbullies a', Byeth greet an' sma'. |