kiver
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Example Sentences
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He wuz my messmate an' marchin' comrid, an' we slept many a night side by side on the ground, under the same blanket, when we wuz fortunit 'nough to hev blankets to kiver us.
From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Mary Addams Bayne
Villagers.Ha, ha, ha! 1st Villager.I say, old feller, you ain't seed nothing of no old butter firkin with no kiver on, no place about here?
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van Winkle by Charles Burke
"One of you fellers put that hoss under kiver, and stranger, you come with me," said Jeff, raising Rodney's trunk from the ground and placing it upon his shoulder.
From Rodney The Partisan by Harry Castlemon
Dis heah kiver," she said oracularly, "come to me!
From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Sarah Bell Hackley
Jes put de cow hide in uh trough en kiver it aw o'er wid oak en water en le' it soak till de hair come offen it.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
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