kibe
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kibe
1350–1400; Middle English kybe, perhaps < Welsh cibi
Vocabulary lists containing kibe
Example Sentences
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‘The toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe.’
From The London Pulpit by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
I'll have to kibe his heels at Court, if you fail.
From Count Alarcos; a Tragedy by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
The age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
All ungalled of him is each courtier's heel or great man's kibe.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 by Various
And therefore, though Society feel The Proletariat's heavy heel Its kibe approaching, Some luxuries yet are left to sing, The Opera-Box, the Row, the Ring, And Golf, and Coaching.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 10, 1892 by Various
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