kale
or kail
Origin of kale
Examples from the Web for kale
Contemporary Examples of kale
Some varieties of kale grow to a height of six or seven feet.
By all means, go pay $13 for a kale salad or spend $30 for a few slices of Iberico ham.
Whether it comes in the form of liquids, protein shakes, chocolate bars, or leafs of kale, food is energy.
Nancy retreats to her own kitchen briefly, quickly eating a meal of kale and eggs before getting back to her friends.
At the checkout, her total for bananas, arugula, blackberries, kale, yogurt, rice noodles, and tofu comes to $34.21.
Historical Examples of kale
"Why, he copped the copper's kale," Aggie translated, glibly.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
Groping about they pull up first stalk of kale or head of cabbage.
Games For All OccasionsMary E. Blain
"Pullin' down the kale by the double handsful, mind you," says Hunk.
Shorty McCabe on the JobSewell Ford
And a husband with kale—that's what a girl like you really wants.
Find the WomanArthur Somers Roche
But the girls that look out for the kale, that never asked, 'What?'
Find the WomanArthur Somers Roche
kale
1kail
- a cultivated variety of cabbage, Brassica oleracea acephala, with crinkled leaves: used as a potherbSee also collard
- Scot a cabbage
- US slang money
Word Origin for kale
kale
2- Northern English dialect a queue
Word Origin and History for kale
also kail, c.1300, alternative form of cawul (c.1200), surviving in this spelling after Middle English as a Scottish variant of cole "cabbage" (see cole-slaw). Slang meaning "money" is from 1902.