kye

[ key ]

noun

1. a private Korean-American banking club to which members pay contributions and from which they may take out loans, usually to start small businesses.

kye

/ kaɪ /

noun

1. See kine
   functioning as plural a Scottish and Northern English variant of kine

Word History and Origins

Origin of kye¹

Borrowed into English from Korean around 1985–90

Example Sentences

But if she's gaun to look after the kye at St. Leonard's, that's another story; to be sure they maun be sorted.

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The kye were milked on the edge of the wood to give the horses stalling-room in their places.

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"This is worth a' the kye frae Achnasheen to Glen Urquhart," he cried.

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The kye crouched, with misty nostrils laid low to the damp grass, rough with tangled gale.

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Instinct led the kye to the sunlight, for all living things have their joy through the eyes.

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