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Definition of Kyacks
1. kyack [n] - See also: kyack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kyacks
Literary usage of Kyacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"He resolved that the plunder in his kyacks should not be broached at once; ...
Those well-filled kyacks seemed now veritable storehouses of things beyond ..."
2. Arctic Experiences: Containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on by Euphemia Vale Blake (1874)
"We had now got all our principal things on the large floe, except a little stuff
and these kyacks. I wanted the crew to try and help save them, ..."
3. Camp and Trail by Stewart Edward White (1907)
"Only one possible objection can be urged against rawhide kyacks; ... Many canvas
kyacks are on the market, canvas and most of them are worthless. ..."
4. Logie O'Buchan: An Aberdeenshire Pastoral of Last Century by Gavin Greig (1899)
"Fa wid eat cheese wantin' kyacks ? " Jamie partook very heartily of the cheese
and bread, and enjoyed a draught of Betty's home-made ale. ..."
5. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"The " kyacks " rattled, the frying pans jingled, the rope men yanked and swore;
but " Creme " just bucked and bucked. The pack soon worked loose, ..."
6. Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada: A Journey of 3,200 Miles by Canoe and by James Williams Tyrrell (1897)
"Placing him in our third or freighting canoe, and accompanied by an escort of
three kyacks, we departed, amid a generous exchange of salutes. ..."
7. Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada: A Journey of 3,200 Miles by Canoe and by James Williams Tyrrell (1897)
"Placing him in our third or freighting canoe, and accompanied by an escort of
three kyacks, we departed, amid a generous exchange of salutes. ..."
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