Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
kin .
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Examples
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Fankie fur teh kyn wurds minerva! ai haz a sawry bowt yoor sitchooashun, is berri ruff, yesh.
Would liek cheezburger? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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But being “the outa werk kyn” wunt get yoo enee munndies at awl!
i knowz dis place lyk teh back of my… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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“A murrain on thee, thou lazy losel!” said Rudolph — “Thou art the only sluggard of thy kyn.”
Anne of Geierstein 2008
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We awl hab teh wurreez abowt dis kyn ob fing,but wen fingz becum eezier it am grate to fink dat yew hab sorted it owt,an kin start injoyin teh gud fingz in lyfe.
Ceiling cat makes his - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Fishiez hoo lykes teh choklitt b mah kyn ov fishiez.
hooman wont giv me fish - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai hab fawl doan ishoos awn enny kyn ob boat: cruz, sayl, powr…Ai eben has ishoos inna elly vadur, gitses teh dizzee 2 E Z.
Is OK, dog - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Thanne the sone bryngethe hoom with him alle his kyn, and his frendes, and alle the othere to his hows, and makethe hem a gret feste.
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And as men here, that hadde an holy seynt of his kyn, wolde thinke, that it were to hem an highe worschipe, right so hem thinkethe there.
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And thei taken the nexte of hire kyn, to hire wyfes, saf only, that thei out taken hire modres, hire doughtres, and hire sustres on the fadir syde, of another womman, thei may wel take; and hire bretheres wyfes also aftre here dethe; and here step modres also in the same wyse.
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And alle tho that ben of his kyn, or pretenden hem to ben his frendes, and thei come not to that feste, thei ben repreved for evere and schamed, and maken gret doel; for nevere aftre schulle thei ben holden as frendes.
Nemo774 commented on the word kyn
“A murrain on thee, thou lazy losel!” said Rudolph — “Thou art the only sluggard of thy kyn.” got it from wordnik
October 4, 2010