_ One man's meat is another man's finish--Canned Beef in Cuba.
=KANGAROO= A hard drinker from Australia, especially fond of hops, and generally carrying a load.
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=KATYDID= A gossiping grasshopper who is always meddling in Katy's affairs.
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=KEEPSAKE= Something given us by someone we've forgotten.
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=KERNELS= or =COLONELS= Articles often found in cores (or corps) and frequently surrounded by shells.
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=KEROSENE= An alleged provider of heat and light. From Lat.
carus, meaning expensive and
seneo, to be weak; expensive but weak. For further explanation, consult Standard Oil Company.
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=KEYHOLE= A frequent test for sobriety.
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=KID= Either a boxing-glove or a first-born. In either case, hard to handle until well tanned.
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=KILTS= A Scotchman's apology for indecent exposure.
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=KINDRED= From Eng.
kin, meaning relation, and
dread, meaning fear; fearful relations.
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=KINDERGARTEN= From Ger.
kinder, children, and Lat.
garritus, a babbling. A place for babbling children.
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=KINDLING-WOOD= From Ger.
kind, youth, and Eng.
linger, to loaf. A place where youth generally loafs.
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=KISS= Nothing divided by two; meaning persecution for the infant, ecstasy for the youth, fidelity for the middle-aged and homage for the old.
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=KISS= An indescribable something that is of no value to any one, but is much prized by the right two.
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=KNOCKER= A device on doors for rousing people; also, a device on foot for the same purpose.
Laugh-in-one's-sleeve--The direct route to the Funny-Bone. _