kyack
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kyack
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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We also bought three dogs for about a pound of powder, and a kyack for Joe, for which the captain gave an old broken double-barrelled gun and a handful of powder and shot.
From Schwatka's Search by Gilder, William H. (William Henry)
Then place the loop bed around the kyack.
From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward
She intended to steal the kyack of dried meat without which Ben and herself could not live.
From The Sky Line of Spruce by Marshall, Edison
Then they slipped the thong of the sled across his shoulders and under his arms like loops of a kyack.
From The Snowshoe Trail by Marshall, Edison
And he set down his cup of coffee to go rummaging in a kyack just to make sure that he had the hoof rasp and shoeing hammer safe.
From Casey Ryan by Bower, B. M.
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