keekern.
/ˈkiːkə/ northern dialect.
A peeper, a gazer; in plural the eyes, ‘peepers’; spec. an overlooker or inspector in a coal-pit, who sees that the coal is sent up in a proper state.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > peeper
keeker1808
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun]
eyeeOE
the fleshly eyec1175
balla1400
window1481
glazier1567
light1580
crystal1592
orb1594
glass1597
optic1601
twinkler1605
lampa1616
watchera1616
wink-a-peeps1615
visive organa1652
ogle1673
peeper1691
goggle?1705
visual orb1725
orbit1727
winker1734
peep?1738
daylights?1747
eyewinker1808
keeker1808
glimmer1814
blinker1816
glim1820
goggler1821
skylight1824
ocular1825
mince pie1857
saucer1858
mince1937
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > supervisor
banksman1486
overman1606
oversman1668
viewer1708
keeker1863
underlooker1871
underviewer?1881
veerer1883
1808–18 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Keekers, a cant term for eyes.
1808–18 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Starn-keeker, a star-gazer.
1863 J. P. Robson Songs 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.
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