kissing gate

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noun British.

a gate hung in a narrow enclosure having the shape of a U or a V, allowing only one person to pass at a time.

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Words nearby kissing gate

kissing cousin, kissing cousins, kissing disease, Kissinger, Kissinger, Henry, kissing gate, kissing gourami, kissing kin, kissingly, kiss of death, kiss-off

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How to use kissing gate in a sentence

The Florida GOP senator stormed out of the gate Wednesday in the highest of dudgeons.
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Said it was like speed dating because he was late after hitting every wrong gate on the lot.
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“Simple joys of life—hugging, kissing, coloring—they have been taken away,” she says.
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That statistic is based on a survey that includes attempted forced kissing as sexual assault.
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Under that definition, forced kissing can certainly constitute as a form of sexual assault.
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Yet he feared to meet her eyes, and was glad of a saluting sepoy who swaggered jauntily past the open gate.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
At once the sepoys at the Kashmir Gate fired a volley at the nearest officers, of whom three fell dead.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
First through the gate came a company of Korean foot-soldiers, in blue uniforms.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
Bride and bridegroom, accompanied by the weeping crowd, proceeded to the castle gate.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
But my faver says it's un-man-ly to be always kissing, and I did n't fink you'd do vat, Coppy.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for kissing gate

kissing gate

noun

a gate set in a U- or V-shaped enclosure, allowing only one person to pass through at a time

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