ilk
1family, class, or kind: he and all his ilk.
same.
Idioms about ilk
of that ilk,
(in Scotland) of the same family name or place: Ross of that ilk, i.e., Ross of Ross.
of the same class or kind.
Origin of ilk
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How to use ilk in a sentence
As much as mold is not great and people don’t like it, and they think if you’ve got mold on the top … it spoils down into the jam, I’m still of the ilk of taking the mold off the top and eating what’s underneath.
I found an old-school technique to conquer my jam fears. Then I tried to figure out if it’s safe. | Charlotte Druckman | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostAlmost all the Cubans who are here are of that ilk, with a few exceptions of course.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part III | Yariel Valdés González | July 21, 2021 | Washington BladeRead more on OZYHe’s trying to solve a problem his ilk has been accused of exacerbating.
Tucker Carlson and his ilk still have some of the largest platforms in America.
Democrats Finally Step Up and Smack Down Texas Jim Crow Law | Jay Michaelson | May 31, 2021 | The Daily BeastWe’ll see if DeSantis and his ilk care the next time a social media giant deplatforms me, or if they only care when wacko politicians lose Twitter access for tweeting something crazy.
Think Conservatives Are Censored on Social Media? Try Being a Porn Star. | Cherie DeVille | May 30, 2021 | The Daily Beast
Pastor Gaylard Williams earned a good reputation among his evangelical ilk.
Exposed: The Gay-Bashing Pastor’s Same-Sex Assault | M.L. Nestel | December 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe can thank Lisa Kudrow for the rise of celeb reality TV—Real Housewives, the Kardashians, Honey Boo Boo and its ilk.
How Lisa Kudrow Pulled Off TV’s Ultimate ‘Comeback’ | Kevin Fallon | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo complicate matters further, the only people who seemed to have any desire to go after Booker were of the conspiracy-theory ilk.
The Ugly Truth About Cory Booker, New Jersey’s Golden Boy | Olivia Nuzzi | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLike maybe the line that Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and others of their ilk are pushing?
Paranoia Crept into American Political Life a Long Time Ago | Lewis Beale | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll right, so we know that Loestrin and its ilk are, as Redmond terms it, “hair-unfriendly pills.”
Birth Control Made My Hair Fall Out, and I’m Not the Only One | Molly Oswaks | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWas the second Charles one whit more desirable than the first of that ilk?
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.A three days journey from Barzan takes the traveller to the domain of the great rival of the chief of that ilk, viz.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramI felt hopeful that for a time at least I should see the last of stewards and their ilk.
The Pacific Triangle | Sydney GreenbieThis takes us back to a century and a half before the Conquest; and it was one of this ilk who was the last of the deans.
Here were to be found small shops, cheap boarding houses, palmists, clairvoyants and others of their ilk.
Black Star's Campaign | Johnston McCulley
British Dictionary definitions for ilk (1 of 2)
/ (ɪlk) /
a type; class; sort (esp in the phrase of that, his, her, etc, ilk): people of that ilk should not be allowed here
of that ilk Scot of the place of the same name: used to indicate that the person named is proprietor or laird of the place named: Moncrieff of that ilk
Origin of ilk
1usage For ilk
British Dictionary definitions for ilk (2 of 2)
ilka (ˈɪlkə)
/ (ɪlk) /
Scot each; every
Origin of ilk
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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