kye

[ key ]

/ keɪ /

noun

a private Korean-American banking club to which members pay contributions and from which they may take out loans, usually to start small businesses.

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Origin of kye

Borrowed into English from Korean around 1985–90

Words nearby kye

kyat, kyathos, kybo, kybosh, Kyd, kye, Kyiv, kyle, kylie, kylin, kylix

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Example sentences from the Web for kye

I am fourscore, and never had a headache in all my born days—all along of lying among the kye.
The Cloister and the Hearth|Charles Reade
Luckily for them "the kye had not come hame," and the shed was empty.
The Woman-Hater|Charles Reade
I must go, Sorcha-mo-ghraidh, or never a sheep will I find again; and as for the kye, they'll go smelling the four winds.
Pharais and The Mountain Lovers|Fiona Macleod
Instinct led the kye to the sunlight, for all living things have their joy through the eyes.
Pharais and The Mountain Lovers|Fiona Macleod

Randal and Jean thought it was very likely there were "kye," or cattle, in the water.
The Gold Of Fairnilee|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for kye

kye

/ (kaɪ) /

noun

(functioning as plural) a Scottish and Northern English variant of kine

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