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.

Nearby words

kyathos, kybo, kybosh, kyd, kyd, thomas, kye, kyle, kylie, kylin, kylix, kyloe

Origin of kye

Borrowed into English from Korean around 1985–90

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Examples 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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