I wouldna be deaved wi 'your keckling for a' your eggs. From Wordnik.com. [The Proverbs of Scotland] Reference
"Now I take this very kind, Mr. Craig; for I could not have expected you, considering ye have got, as I am told, your jo in the house"; at which words the Doctor winked paukily to Mr. Daff, who rubbed his hands with fainness, and gave a good-humoured sort of keckling laugh. From Wordnik.com. [The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family] Reference
The cracking craws and keckling kays. From Wordnik.com. [Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete] Reference
"Haud yer havers, ye keckling loon!. From Wordnik.com. [All-Wool Morrison] Reference
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