Usually means: Scottish slang for a ruffian.
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  1. keelie: Merriam-Webster
  2. keelie, keelie: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. keelie: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Keelie, keelie: Wordnik
  5. Keelie, keelie: Wiktionary
  6. keelie: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. keelie: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Keelie: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Keelie)

noun:  (Scotland, Northern England) A sparrowhawk or kestrel.
noun:  (Scotland, Northern England) A common or violent urban youth.
adjective:  Of or from Glasgow
noun:  Someone from Glasgow

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