kiyi

[kee-yee]

noun

1. a small whitefish, Coregonus kiyi, found in the deeper waters of the Great Lakes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kiyi¹

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

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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As a matter of fact, he could have taught her the Wogga-Wogga one-step, the Bimbo, the Kiyi, the Ju-bu, the Head-hunter's Hug and many other cannibalistic steps which, later on, were to become the rage of London and the basis of a revue.

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As a matter of fact, he could have taught her the Wogga-Wogga one-step, the Bimbo, the Kiyi, the Ju-bu, the Head-hunter's Hug, and many other cannibalistic steps which, later on, were to become the rage of London and the basis of a revue.

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Puck Parker and Snarlyou and Kiyi had all heard it, time and time again.

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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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