Kt

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abbreviation Chess.

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Other definitions for Kt (2 of 3)

kt.

abbreviation

karat.

kiloton.

knot.

Other definitions for Kt (3 of 3)

K.T.

abbreviation

Knights Templars.

Knight of the Order of the Thistle.

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How to use Kt in a sentence

“Please, please do not permit this to happen here in Florida,” wrote Cris K. Smith of East Polk County.
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His monotonous music is, really, like the audio soundtrack to a k-hole.
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Marvin takes off his T-shirt and dives into his swimming pool.
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There was a handy distraction in the Che t-shirt the tourist was wearing while celebrating the death.
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Some of Dr. Stephen T. Colbert D.F.A.'s best moments behind the desk.
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There'll be heaps uh fun in the Cypress Hills country when they get t' runnin' the whisky-jacks out.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
What more could one desire of him, I pray, Than just to hop around and stand for K?
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An with that I laid down on the settee, an felt orful bad, an the more I tho't about it, the wus I felt.
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I've tried to teach lots of folks; an' sum learns quick, an' some don't never learn; it's jest 's 't strikes 'em.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
But ef Jos keeps on, airnin' ez much ez he hez so fur, he's goin' ter pay the Injun part on 't, when he cums.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for Kt (1 of 3)

abbreviation for

karat

nautical knot

British Dictionary definitions for Kt (2 of 3)

abbreviation for

Also: Knt knight

symbol for

Also: N chess knight

British Dictionary definitions for Kt (3 of 3)

abbreviation for

Knight of the Order of the Thistle (a Brit title)

Knight Templar

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