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- proper noun A
card game , played in teams of two; theobject being to get four of a kind, then silently communicate the fact to one's partner, who shouts "Kemps!".
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Examples
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The flower stalks are termed Kemps, from _campa_, a warrior.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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So the British take great pride in Firmdale, a small chain set up by a couple called the Kemps, which owns trendy London hotels in Soho, Covent Garden and Haymarket.
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Captaine Smith hearing of this in returning to the Fort, tooke two Salvages prisoners, called Kemps and Tussore, the two most exact villaines in all the Country.
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Man warden a booke called Kemps} morris to Norwiche. [vii: 3]}
Kemps Nine Daies Wonder Performed in a Daunce from London to Norwich William Kemp 1833
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Patricia Niven Co-owners Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver at the St. John hotel The Kemps' latest project, near Soho's Denman Street, is located on an old bomb site, and will be their biggest yet.
Not So Down and Out in London Jemima Sissons 2011
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In blaming Rihanna for Kemps' off year, I believe that Dodger management is barking up the wrong tree.
Rabbi Joshua Hess: Matt Kemp And Rihanna: Are Our Significant Others Holding Us Back? Rabbi Joshua Hess 2011
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Some of the dead reptiles are endangered Kemps ridley turtles.
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The jury heard evidence that Patel rushed Kemps into surgery on his esophagus without proper planning, then failed to spot profuse internal bleeding and stitched up the patient.
Jayant Patel, AKA 'Doctor Death,' Convicted Of Manslaughter In Australia 2010
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Most of the turtle eggs being collected are threatened loggerheads, but some are also Kemps ridleys, which nest largely in Mexico and southern Texas.
Sea Turtles Rescued From Gulf Oil Spill Released Into Atlantic 2010
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The eggs come from two Iowa egg distributors and were sold under a variety of brand names including Albertsons, Farm Fresh, James Farms, Glenview, Mountain Dairy, Ralphs, Boomsma, Lund, Kemps and Pacific Coast, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
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