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• a variation of kylie.

kiley

American  

[kahy-lee] / ˈkaɪ li /

noun

Australian.

kileys plural

1. kylie.

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kiley British  

/ ˈkaɪlɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of kylie

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• kileys
  plural

Example Sentences

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kiley kileys

One of them had a kiley, or boomerang, and each carried a rude hatchet of stone.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

They had no weapon, save one kiley or boomerang, and bowed down until they almost kissed the water.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

One of the natives seen to-day had with him a kiley, so different in shape to any we had previously seen that I preserved a sketch of it.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

Perhaps as fine a sight as can be seen in the whole circle of native sports is the killing cockatoos with the kiley, or boomerang.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 by Grey, George

Poise your meer-ros, long and sure, Let the kileys whiz and whirl Strangely through the air so pure; Heavy dow-uks at them hurl; Shout the yell they dread to hear.

From Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants by Pridden, W. (William)

Poise your meer-ros long and true: Let the kileys whiz and whirl In strange contortions through the air; Heavy dow-uks at them hurl; Shout the yell they dread to hear.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 by Grey, George

Their arms consist of stone-headed spears, of throwing-sticks, of boomerangs or kileys, clubs, and stone hatchets.

From The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 by Favenc, Ernest