Meaning of Ilk | Babel Free

Definitions

A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

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Examples

“"Hinkydink” or “Bathhouse John,” or others of that ilk, were proprietors of the most notorious dives in Chicago[…]”

“The cow is of the bovine ilk; One end is moo, the other, milk.”

“On the surface, the film is a globe-trotting gross-out caper in which Nobby, who's from a hellish version of the titular Lincolnshire town ("twinned with Chernobyl"), is reunited with his long-lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), who has become a spy for the British secret services. That makes him a servant of the powers-that-be that have no time for Nobby and his scrounging ilk.”

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