kish

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Ba-oo-kish, or Closed Hand, a noted Crow chief, was thus named from the fact that when young his hand was so badly burned as to cause his fingers to close within the palm, and grow fast.

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  1. A large basket. [Ireland.] In the middle of the crowd were two common country farm carts, with a large kish (a very large basket used for the carriage of turf, peat, &c.) in each. Seated in each kish, packed closely together, and not at all at their ease apparently, were six men. N. and Q., 7th ser., V. 97.

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  • Give him kish, ole girl--no ill-feeling Ole Fred got up unsteadily, grinning, and lurched towards her muttering, "No, no ill-feeling." —  Captivity
  • Ba-oo-kish, or Closed Hand, a noted Crow chief, was thus named from the fact that when young his hand was so badly burned as to cause his fingers to close within the palm, and grow fast. —  The Great Salt Lake Trail
  • Moooikill A Aitcha Ha ignorant as a kish of brogues, worth fifty thousand pounds Stuck on the pane two flies buzzed, stuck Glowing wine on his palate lingered swallowed. —  Ulysses
  • Hopkins Park Community Room in DeKalb www. kish-kiwanis.com.
  • 2727 Sycamore Road in DeKalb www. kish-club.org
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