c.1865. Broadside Ballad, 'The Chickaleary Cove'. Now kool my downy kicksies.
1892. National Observer, 27 Feb., p. 378. Me a Plantadgenick? Who are you a-getting at? Look at my pearlies, kool my 'ed of 'air.
Kotoo (or Kotow), verb. (common).—To
bow down to; to scrape to;
to lickspittle.
1874. E. Lynn Linton, Patricia Kemball, xlii. He had never concealed his contempt for him nor kowtowed to him rest had done.
1890. Traill, Saturday Songs, 'A Manly Protest', p. 70. But never for Chawles! To the traitors and plotters Whom once he denounced he would scorn to ko-too.
Kosh (or Kosher), subs. (thieves').—1.
A short iron bar used for
purpose of assault.
2. A blow.
Adj. (common).—Fair; square. [From the Hebrew = lawful].
Krop, subs. (back-slang).—Pork.
Kudos, subs. (now recognised).—Glory
and honor. To kudos = to
praise; to glorify. [From Gr.]
Kudos = praised.
1793. Southey, Nondescripts, i. Bepraised in prose it was, bepraised in verse, Lauded in pious Latin to the skies, Kudos'd egregiously in heathen Greek.
1857. Cuthbert Bede, Verdant Green, Pt. iii. ch. xi. Mr. Smalls gained kudos by offering to give the luncheon at his rooms.
1860. Punch, xxxviii. 186. Nought would serve the little man [Lord John] But his private little plan, Whereby he hoped much [Greek: kudos] he should get.
1889. Drage, Cyril, vii. I gained no small kudos by spotting a vintage of Léoville at dinner.
1889. Standard, 30 Jan. Should he, then, endeavour to gain the kudos of his removal by associating himself conspicuously with the decree of dismissal?
1894. The Yellow Bk., i. p. 195. I return to my pearl that is to bring me kudos.
Kye, subs. (costers').—Eighteen
pence. [Short for Heb. Kyebosh
(or Kibosh q.v.); Kye = 18 +
bosh = pence, originally stivers
(q.v.)].
Kynchen. See Kinchen.
Kypsey, subs. (old).—See quots.
Also kipsey.
1754. Martin, Eng. Dict., 2nd ed. Kibsy, a sort of wicker basket.
1879. Horsley, in Macm. Mag., xl. 501. I was coming home with my kipsy (basket).
1893. Emerson, Signor Lippo, xiv. After tea Blower said, 'Now you must lay in your kipsey.'
