keet

or keat

[ keet ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Origin of keet¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; imitative

Keet-Chong, named above, possessed an estate on French Island, on which his family had resided for more than 800 years.

He sees but Ulenspiegel only: the others are concealed behind the keet, which is the washhouse.

George Keet's chivalrous anxiety to set us at our ease was truly heroic.

Katheline rose and went into the keet, to see if her friends had come.

There were a number of ruined cliff-dwellings, the most accessible of which was Keet Seel.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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