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- kag
- kaprang
- katakoo
- Kataya
- kaya
- keck
- keep
- keep a-(do)
- keep my (his, our, etc.) company
- keep somebody hot
- keeper
- keg drum
- kerpunkle
- khaki
- khus-khus
- kick
- kick off
- kill out
- kill the sin
- kill yourself out
- kill-em-peter
- kill-em-polly
- killer-ka dick, killy-da-dick
- killing peter
- killy-hawk, killy-killy
- kimbo, kimba, kimber
- kindoiah
- kinep
- king conch
- King Curls
- King George
- king lizard
- King Tut
- king wasp
- kinny-kinny
- Kinship
- kiss my hip (neck, leg, left leg, etc.)
- kissing catchers
- kit
- kite
- kittle
- kitty-gut(s)
- kiver
- knock
- knock
- knock-taw-take
- knocks down
- knotty
- knotty dread
- knotty-head
- know to
- knuck, knock
- knucks hole
- koka
- kokay
- kotty
- kunka
- kyacoon
- kyag
- kyap
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ID #2407
killer-ka dick, killy-da-dick
[evidently from its cry; cf. querequeté idem (Bond 1960: 127)] n. the mosquito hawk, Chordeiles minor: 1960 (Bond 127). 1977 The killer-ke-dicks arrive in the month of May ... After a show when termites come out of the ground ... [they] fly swiftly through the air feeding on these distructive insects (Albury 30). = PILLY-MA-DICK cf. PITY-MA-DICK, FILLER-MA-DICK (Long, White)
Tags: animal, bird, noun, onomatopoeia
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Author: Holm and Shilling, DBE, 1982
Revision: 1.1
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