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HomeAustralian National Dictionary CentreGlossary of Slang and Peculiar Terms In Use In The A.I.F.AIF Slang - Original Manuscript - K
AIF slang - Original Manuscript - K

KADI.

Hat.

KAMARAD.

Friend, Comrade (the German cry for quarter)

KANGAROO FEATHERS.

A tall feather, an impossible thing; emu plumes of the Aust. Light Horse.

KERENSKY.

To come a Karensky See "Gutzer."

KENNEL-UP.

Stop talking.

KID STAKES.

Insincere flattery, bluff, joking.

KING O' THE NITS.

Provist Sergeant.

KIMBERLY.

Nickname for Diamond in the game of "Crown & Anchor."

KIP.

The short flat piece of wood on which the pennies are placed in "two-up" preparatory to tossing.

KIPPSIE.

Lean-to, shelter, house, dugout.

KIWI-KING.

A Military Policeman or anyone who is very particular to keep his boots and the leather portions of his equipment brightly polished. So called because the most popular brand of leather polish was "Kiwi."

KNOCK.

To be exhausted, to give in.

KNOCK-BACK.

A refusal.

KNOCK ONES CAN IN.

To surprise, to completely disconcert, to confound.

KNUT.

Important person, swanker.

KYBOSH.

To put "the kybosh" on to anything is to put a stop to or frustrate an attempted action.