keeker north. dial.
(ˈkiːkə(r))
[f. keek v. + -er1.]
A peeper, a gazer; in pl. the eyes, ‘peepers’; spec. an overlooker or inspector in a coal-pit, who sees that the coal is sent up in a proper state.
| 1808–18 Jamieson, Keekers, a cant term for eyes. Ibid., Starn-keeker, a star-gazer. 1863 in Robson Bards of Tyne 92 Tell wor keeker aw deed..Tell wor owners an viewers aw'l howk ne mair coal. 1893 Durham Direct. 90 Bennett, J., keeker. |