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calkins

calkins is the plural of calkin.

Meaning of calkin

Noun

calkin (plural calkins)

  1. A calk (on a horseshoe).
    • Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the Border side,
      And he has lifted the Colonel's mare that is the Colonel's pride.
      He has lifted her out of the stable-door between the dawn and day
      And turned the calkins upon her feet, and ridden her far away.1889, Rudyard Kipling, The Ballad of East and West

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Proper noun capitalized: Calkins

Calkins

  1. (plural) plural of Calkin

Questions about calkins

What is calkins the plural of?
Calkins is the plural of calkin.
What part of speech is calkins?
Calkins is a proper noun.

Words near calkins in the dictionary

  1. calkin
  2. calking
  3. calking iron
  4. calking irons
  5. calkings
  6. calkins
  7. calks
  8. call
  9. call 'em as one sees 'em
  10. call a cab
  11. call a go

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