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kish
/kɪʃ/
noun 2name 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
ignorant, whole
KISH + NOUN
brogues
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
1
A basket used in Ireland, mainly for carrying turf.
the whole kish emptied on [the turf-fire] at once... (c. 1)
Ignorant as a kish of brogues, worth fifty thousand pounds.
noun
1
The graphite formed as a byproduct in iron smelting.
name
1
An ancient city of Sumer, located some 12 km east of Babylon, and 80 km south of Baghdad.
2
A resort island in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, off the southern coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf.
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the whole kish emptied on [the turf-fire] at once... (c. 1)
Wiktionary02
Ignorant as a kish of brogues, worth fifty thousand pounds.
Wiktionary03
Many people who are blind do use a form of echolocation, and what Daniel Kish does, he takes that ability and hones it.
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