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Dictionary of English Proverbs

 

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KEEP . Keep some till more come.
KERNEL . He that will eat the kernel, must crack the nut.
KEY . The wife is the key of the house.
KEYS . All the keys hang not at one man's girdle.
KIN . 888. KINDLED. Wood half burnt is easily kindled.
KINDNESS . Kindness will always conquer.
KINDNESSES . Kindnesses, like grain, increase by sowing.
KINSFOLK . Many kinsfolk, few friends.
KISS . As easy kiss my hand.
KISS . Many kiss the child for the nurse's sake.
KISSING . Kissing goes by favour.
KITCHEN . A fat kitchen, a lean will.
KITCHEN . The taste of the kitchen is better than the smell.
KITCHEN . Silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen.
KNAVERY . Knavery may serve for a turn, but honesty is best in the long run.
 
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Cerris : n. A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.
 
Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Thomas Preston, published originally in 1880 in London by Whittaker & Co
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