Meaning of kye | Babel Free
/kaɪ/Definitions
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Cocoa (the drink). UK, slang, uncountable
- A Korean fundraising meeting.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Examples
“Ay, that I do, to my cost. She and her black cat, too, live owre near my milk kye, Brindle and Hawky gi' but half the milk they should gi', and we wat weel whare the ither half gangs to.”
“devil the move would the factor at Meikle House make to […] mend the roof of the byre that leaked like a sieve on the head of Mistress Munro when she milked the kye on a stormy night.”
“[…] wrapped in layers of warm clothing against rushing icy air, and all longing for bubbling hot kye (Navy cocoa) at midnight.”
“Then he walked back to the wheelhouse. Guido arrived with three cups of kye and a plate of hot buttered toast.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.