Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
car . - noun An unstressed introductory syllable, perhaps better written ka- or ke-, used in some dialectal words, without meaning in itself but. serving to introduce an emphatic stress, as in kerslap, kerchunk, kerplunk, kerwhaek, etc. It probably originated in the involuntary utterance which often precedes a sudden physical effort, as in striking with an ax or hammer or paving-rammer.
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Examples
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Just so everyone realizes … BisonF**ker is a parody troll.
Think Progress » Rush Lies Again: ‘There Were Union Workers’ At Non-Union Mine Explosion 2010
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Just so everyone realizes … BisonF**ker is a parody troll.
Think Progress » Rush Lies Again: ‘There Were Union Workers’ At Non-Union Mine Explosion 2010
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Just so everyone realizes … BisonF**ker is a parody troll.
Think Progress » Rush Lies Again: ‘There Were Union Workers’ At Non-Union Mine Explosion 2010
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This just sounds like bad propaganda … but at least that goatf**ker is staying current.
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That fu*ker is gonna take a few punches before he goes down, but you know what they say about the bigger they come … …
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That cell is clearly cursed with a cur ... "(or maybe he said" ker ")" ... and it cannot be healthy for a woman of this most tender age.
Orphans of Chaos 2005
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"When ye're ready, jes 'wave yer han'ker'cher an if the devils ain't squeezin' my gizzard, like they is to-day, I'll be there in a jiffy."
Mary Louise in the Country J. Allen St. [Illustrator] John 1887
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In a video that could have been the ultimate anti-bullying propaganda, we see a smaller, aggressive little f*&ker of a bully punch Casey Heynes in the face, unprovoked.
Lee Brenner: Top Viral Videos You Must Watch Before 2011 Ends Lee Brenner 2011
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In a video that could have been the ultimate anti-bullying propaganda, we see a smaller, aggressive little f*&ker of a bully punch Casey Heynes in the face, unprovoked.
Lee Brenner: Top Viral Videos You Must Watch Before 2011 Ends Lee Brenner 2011
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In a video that could have been the ultimate anti-bullying propaganda, we see a smaller, aggressive little f*&ker of a bully punch Casey Heynes in the face, unprovoked.
Lee Brenner: Top Viral Videos You Must Watch Before 2011 Ends Lee Brenner 2011
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