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Definition of Kailyards
1. kailyard [n] - See also: kailyard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kailyards
Literary usage of Kailyards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"... several individual beasts are spoken of; the latter is equivalent to A'ine,
and is applied to the species. Occasionally pronounced KEAW. kailyards or ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1892)
"... and introduced the potato into Menteith, where a few had been known, but only
in kailyards. The old folks, however, did not take kindly to the new food. ..."
3. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1882)
"... stroll through a wild secluded country, along which the canal has caused to
spring up here and there little white cottages, with their kailyards. ..."
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