Burgess Unabridged; A New Dictionary of Words You Have Always Needed Book

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Pit 8 a Kipe, v. To inspect critically; to appraise prag- matically; to eye with jealousy or envy. Kipe, n. A woman's glance at another woman. Up and down, from hat to heel, women kipe each other insolently as they pass. In subway or in street-car, every woman who enters is kiped by her shrewd-eyed sisters. In that keen first glance, every article of the new comer's raiment is appraised. (See Flooijab.) So, at the employment agency, the housewife kipes the cook, and cook kipes housewife, each turning away with the thought, " She won't do for me." (See Snosh.) Employer kipes the applicant for .position, accepts or rejects. The poker-player, with his last blue chip in the pot, kipes his four-card draw. The fastidious smoker kipes the gift cigar. The golfer kipes his " lie." Says Aunt Samanthy Hanks to Mary Jane at the county fair, as she kipes the patchwork bedquilts in the gallery, " Mine's better'n her'n." Says the mother of the bride, as she kipes the wedding presents spread out on the table, "H'm! his folks must be close-fisted." (See Gefoojet.) As you whiz, motoring through the park, a car flashes by — but not too fast for your automobile host to kipe it: " 1913 36-6 'Strangler'— No good!" So do the village girls kipe the strange young man in town. Carlotta kipes at Ermyntrude, And Ermyntrude at Rose; And every stitch that each has on Each other lady knows. Each lady knows the other's faults, Her quality and size, And just how old and good she is; Would men were half as wise! Krip'sle, n. A worrying physical sensation, an invisible annoyance absorbing one's attention. Klip'sly, a. Distracting, distrait, unmentiona- bly provocative. Walking on spilt sugar is kripsly. That fugitive morsel of walnut-meat in the cavity of you...