kex
/keks/US // kɛks //UK // (kɛks) //
癸巳,癸巳年,癸亥,癸丑
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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British Dialect.
- : the dry, usually hollow stem or stalk of various plants, especially of large plants belonging to the parsley family, as cow parsnip or wild chervil.
Examples
Cheers began to sound ahead, the familiar brek-e-kek-kex with the class numeral at the end.
Kex then trys his luck, but is unhorsed so rudely that arm and leg are broken.
In her present mind, any man were a sweet refuge from that old kex.
Kex, keks, n. the dry stalk of the hemlock or other umbelliferous plants.
Dairyman Viney is a very respectable man, and so is Farmer Kex, and we ought to show ourselves to them.
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