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Kennedy

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A poker, or to kill with a poker; so called from a man of that name who was killed by a poker. (Dictionary of Modern Slang.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Kelso Convoy (A)
Kema
Kempfer-Hausen
Kempis
Ken or Kiun
Kendal Green
Kenelm (St.)
Kenna
Kenna Quhair [I know not where]
Kenne
Kennedy
Kennel
Kenno
Kensington
Kent (Latin, Cantium)
Kent’s Hole
Kent Street Ejectment
Kentish Fire
Kentish Moll
Kentishmen’s Tails
Kentucky (U.S. America)