kurn
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But we didn't have time to find out which side was in the right, for the kurn came down and put a stop to the fun.
From True To His Colors by Castlemon, Harry
The Moors, however, called Granada Karnattah or Karnattah-al-Yahud, and possibly the name is composed of the Arabic words kurn, “a hill,” and nattah, “stranger,”—the “city” or “hill of strangers.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
Browte up wid poddish an' kurn milk! what can thoo deu, I wad like to know?
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney
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