kyack
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kyack
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; origin uncertain
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Get you a plate outa that furtherest kyack, and a cup.
From Cabin Fever by B. M. Bower
The contents of the kyack meant life to herself and to Ben,—deliverance and safety when all seemed lost.
From The Sky Line of Spruce by Edison Marshall
Then place the loop bed around the kyack.
From Camp and Trail by Stewart Edward White
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 Edison Marshall
Presently it could be seen that one was a kyack and the other an omien, or women's boat, filled with women and children and a few men.
From Schwatka's Search by William H. (William Henry) Gilder
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