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kine

1 American  
[kahyn] / kaɪn /

noun

  1. an archaic plural of cow.


kine 2 American  
[kin-ee] / ˈkɪn i /

noun

  1. kinescope.


kine British  
/ kaɪn /

noun

  1. (functioning as plural) an archaic word for cows or cattle

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Etymology

Origin of kine1

Middle English kyn, Old English cȳna, genitive plural of cow 1

Origin of kine2

Shortened form

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Dame Agatha Christie's figure will be seated on a bench overlooking the Kine Croft, as if drawing inspiration for her next novel.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023

Celebrities have an incentive to lie about their heights, as Starlee Kine proved with Mystery Show, so why should we believe their answers, even if they are “direct from the source”?

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2017

“President Duterte took office promising to protect human rights,” said Phelim Kine, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2017

The vast majority of those killed, said Phelim Kine, a deputy director of Human Rights Watch in Asia, have been “low-income Filipinos.”

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2016

Kine, and horses, and little humorous donkeys, browse together in the meadows, and come down in troops to the riverside to drink.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

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