kelter
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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But I reckin I must a-been blinded, whut wid things bein' so out of kelter round the 'partmint.
From J. Poindexter, Colored by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
We accepted the latter proposition, as we were in no travelling kelter, and had no taste for performances on the tight rope.
From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge
The wheat's kernin' somethin' cruel fine—I awnly wish theer was more of it—an' the sheep an' cattle's in braave kelter likewise.
From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden
An’ the things be in prime kelter, tu; an’ better than four hunderd pound of uncle’s money still left.”
From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden
To us, alone and in peril, this diary assumed an epochal importance entirely out of kelter with its face value.
From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville
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