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Kanin

[ key-nin ]

/ ˈkeɪ nɪn /

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noun

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[gahr-suhn], /ˈgɑr sən/, 1912–1999, U.S. playwright, actor, and director.

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Words nearby Kanin

Kangha, K'ang Hsi, K'ang Tê, KaNgwane, K'ang Yu-wei, Kanin, kanji, Kankakee, Kankan, Kannada, Kannapolis

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Example sentences from the Web for Kanin

The movie--directed, incidentally, by Garson Kanin--wasn't very good and I turned it off.
Will We Ever Have a Hirsute President Again?|Michael Tomasky|January 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They had already determined that they would at any rate make for the Kanin Peninsula, and would then be guided by the weather.
Condemned as a Nihilist|George Alfred Henty
Four long days' paddling took them there, and an equal time brought them to the western point of the Kanin Peninsula.
Condemned as a Nihilist|George Alfred Henty
Hence they borrowed the French name conin, which they altered into kanin; and have since formed the diminutive kaninchen.
Notes and Queries, Number 175, March 5, 1853|Various

The 14th to the 19th July, new style, were passed on the coast of Kanin Nos.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II|A.E. Nordenskieold
"It's no use, Carnes," he said the day after Cape Kanin faded from view to the north.
The Solar Magnet|Sterner St. Paul Meek

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