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  • noun Plural form of kern.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kern.

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Examples

  • And the kerns from the hills and the glens and the scaur

    The Four Winds of Eirinn 1906

  • Pairs like Wn or Tx hint at an even broader perspective (Wnetrzne, Poland; Txipepovava, Angola), and the designer who kerns the ¥4 has presumably spent some time thinking about finance.

    Adventures in Kerning « Isegoria 2008

  • He is OUR best candidate for the future of OUR country! eldon kerns

    Poll: Obama gaining support with key Clinton demographics 2008

  • Such wordplay always risks opening a wham of kerns.

    languagehat.com: SUBVERSIVE WORDPLAY. 2005

  • I'll give you fifty thousand kerns for the two women.

    The Fearful Summons Flinn, Denny Martin 1995

  • I'll throw in the men for just ten thousand kerns.

    The Fearful Summons Flinn, Denny Martin 1995

  • I have whetted their appetite and we are ready to sell the real officers for more goods or kerns.

    The Fearful Summons Flinn, Denny Martin 1995

  • "The Shrewdest Ones have announced that the human commander Sulu will be executed at two-thirds orbit today, unless the Federation Council agrees to an immediate lifting of the dilithium embargo, a restoration of the rights of Beta Promethean trading ships to travel throughout the galaxy, including within Federation territory, and a penalty of two hundred and fifty thousand kerns paid to the High Conclave in exchange for the return of the spies."

    The Fearful Summons Flinn, Denny Martin 1995

  • “The Shrewdest Ones have announced that the human commander Sulu will be executed at two-thirds orbit today, unless the Federation Council agrees to an immediate lifting of the dilithium embargo, a restoration of the rights of Beta Promethean trading ships to travel throughout the galaxy, including within Federation territory, and a penalty of two hundred and fifty thousand kerns paid to the High Conclave in exchange for the return of the spies.”

    The Fearful Summons Denny Martin Flinn 1990

  • I have whetted their appetite and we are ready to sell the real officers for more goods or kerns.

    The Fearful Summons Denny Martin Flinn 1990

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