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_ One man's meat is another man's finish--Canned Beef in Cuba. =KANGAROO= A hard drinker from Australia, especially fond of hops, and generally carrying a load. * * * * * =KATYDID= A gossiping grasshopper who is always meddling in Katy's affairs. * * * * * =KEEPSAKE= Something given us by someone we've forgotten. * * * * * =KERNELS= or =COLONELS= Articles often found in cores (or corps) and frequently surrounded by shells. * * * * * =KEROSENE= An alleged provider of heat and light. From Lat. carus, meaning expensive and seneo, to be weak; expensive but weak. For further explanation, consult Standard Oil Company. * * * * * =KEYHOLE= A frequent test for sobriety. * * * * * =KID= Either a boxing-glove or a first-born. In either case, hard to handle until well tanned. * * * * * =KILTS= A Scotchman's apology for indecent exposure. * * * * * =KINDRED= From Eng. kin, meaning relation, and dread, meaning fear; fearful relations. * * * * * =KINDERGARTEN= From Ger. kinder, children, and Lat. garritus, a babbling. A place for babbling children. * * * * * =KINDLING-WOOD= From Ger. kind, youth, and Eng. linger, to loaf. A place where youth generally loafs. * * * * * =KISS= Nothing divided by two; meaning persecution for the infant, ecstasy for the youth, fidelity for the middle-aged and homage for the old. * * * * * =KISS= An indescribable something that is of no value to any one, but is much prized by the right two. * * * * * =KNOCKER= A device on doors for rousing people; also, a device on foot for the same purpose. Laugh-in-one's-sleeve--The direct route to the Funny-Bone. _ |
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