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- noun Plural form of
kip . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
kip .
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Examples
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Of course, there are the complaints of Joyce's brother St.nislaus and the testimony of others that Joyce, especially after his mother's death in August 1903, often visited the brothels (the "kips") of Dublin's Nighttown, together with two of his friends, the medical students Vincent Cosgrave and Oliver St. John Gogarty.
Making a Man of Joyce Tamboer, Kees 1994
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Some had come from the hostels, others from the station or other kips in backstreets and empty buildings.
Static 2010
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Sileh curser kips hoppin liek rabit, maybE it dooded itz!
Husband Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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When engineers invent new words they come up with terms like “kips” turning the clunky 4 syllable “one-thousand-pounds” into a simple one syllable catch-all.
Build Blog » INTERVIEW with PAUL FAGET, structural engineer 2007
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I managed a floor pike exactly once, though I managed to get proficient at both the overhead bar and p-bar kips, and could manage one on the rings when the stars were aligned.
Jamais vu James Killus 2007
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I managed a floor pike exactly once, though I managed to get proficient at both the overhead bar and p-bar kips, and could manage one on the rings when the stars were aligned.
Archive 2007-11-01 James Killus 2007
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The biddle who kips watch at the Halbany wodn keep misfortn out of my chambers; and
The diary of C. Jeames De La Pluche, Esq., with his letters 2006
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So now while the child kips I can bore you all with the ups and downs of maternity leave.
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So now while the child kips I can bore you all with the ups and downs of maternity leave.
One of these days… 2004
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The biddle who kips watch at the Halbany wodn keep misfortn out of my chambers; and
Burlesques 2006
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