kylie
see also: Kylie
Pronunciation
Kylie
Pronunciation
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see also: Kylie
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkaɪli/
kylie (plural kylies)
- (Australia, chiefly, Western Australia) A boomerang.
- 1889, Annie Brassey, Mary Anne Broome, The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the Sunbeam, 2010, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vvn3Pt0HyzEC&pg=PA252&dq=%22kylies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_jWZT4vGNqLYmAWslM3nBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22kylies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 252],
- Then we drove up to the cricket-ground to see them throw their boomerangs or kylies, which they did very cleverly. One of the kylies was broken against a tree, but most of the others flew with unerring precision.
- 1916, Royal Society of Western Australia, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, Volume 1, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cjMZAQAAIAAJ&q=%22kylies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22kylies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HDSZT7meO8bjmAX0tPmpBg&redir_esc=y page 57],
- The islanders have discovered that kylies made out of thin iron, such as ship′s tanks, are the most serviceable, and they show great dexterity in making them (see Fig. 6).
- 2001, Jacqueline L. Longe, How Products Are Made, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=8EBaAAAAYAAJ&q=%22kylies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22kylies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_DaZT7q6KZCZmQWdr8yABg&redir_esc=y page 55],
- Kylies were used by prehistoric people in all parts of the world. Usually made of wood, they were banana shaped; both faces of each arm were carved into curved, airfoil surfaces.
- 1889, Annie Brassey, Mary Anne Broome, The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the Sunbeam, 2010, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vvn3Pt0HyzEC&pg=PA252&dq=%22kylies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_jWZT4vGNqLYmAWslM3nBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22kylies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 252],
Kylie
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkaɪli/
- A female given name.
- 2010, Joanne Harris, blueeyedboy, Doubleday, ISBN 9780385609500, page 102:
- Emily. Em-il-y, three syllables, like a knock on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours —
- 2010, Joanne Harris, blueeyedboy, Doubleday, ISBN 9780385609500, page 102:
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