Kentuck

[ kuhn-tuhk ]

noun

, Informal Older Use.

1. Kentucky.
2. a native or inhabitant of Kentucky.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kentuck¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

Kentuck, said Pug very weakly; collar hold o that Germ elmet o mine.

From Project Gutenberg

A good meny years ago there lived in lower Kentuck an old feller named Josh Miller.

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So the Irish whiskey, or old Kentuck, I don't know which, began to rise in my throat.

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They say he's a little touched with the snappin-turtle, but I'm thinkin he'd hardly try old Kentuck at a fight or a foot-race.

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When Kentuck had left him, he stood for some time irresolute, with no wish for rest, and no desire to go anywhere in particular.

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