kiyi
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of kiyi
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; from the specific epithet, alleged to be a local term for the fish, used by Lake Michigan fishermen; < ?
Example Sentences
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But you see before we made up our minds the kiyi crowd was dangerous they were nearly on us, yelping and snapping like everything.
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Puck Parker and Snarlyou and Kiyi had all heard it, time and time again.
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Snarlyou was a little white Angora cat, and she puffed out her tail and waved it angrily over her back as she snarled fiercely at Kiyi, who was a little Prussian pup.
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He had been very naughty this morning, having run away with Kiyi, giving his nurse, Augustine, a regular hunt for him.
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If he could only have gone out-of-doors, he could have found friends enough to have given them to; but he knew that Augustine would not relent so soon, and so contented himself with carrying them down to Snarlyou and Kiyi.
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