kerry
noun
one of an Irish breed of small, black dairy cattle.
kerries
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pluralof kerry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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So thick as bees the regiment formed up in front of him, shouting and waving their kerries, for here in the King's Place they bore no spears.
From The Ghost Kings by Henry Rider Haggard
“This,” said one of the bystanders, handing him a pair of hard-wood kerries.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford
We are only two, armed with spears and kerries.
From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Bertram Mitford
They jumped this way, and that, their eyes rollin’ in their heads, their assegais whizzing and kerries flying, with a noise like a flight o’ partridges.
From Tales from the Veld by Ernest Glanville
And that there might be no doubt as to their hostile intent, I could see that all carried a couple of business-like kerries apiece, and not a few of them assegais as well.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford
