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guinea keet

guinea keet noun: a guinea fowl.

Noun

guinea keet (plural guinea keets)

  1. (US, dialectal) A guinea fowl
    • Say, Annie, do you know a chicken when you see it walking round? Or a turkey? Or a guinea keet? We got em all, Aunt Dolcey, she takes car of ’emc. 1919-1924 (published 1926), Blanche Colton Wialliams, Best American Stories, 1919-1924, Doubleday, Page 203
    • ...but after they've calved a time or two they swell up like a cow in a truck patch an’ you need a wagon to move ’em. They do nothin’ but eat and holler like a guinea keet....1963, Cecil Robinson, With the Ears of Strangers: The Mexican in American Literature, University of Arizona Press, Page 77

Forms of guinea keet

pluralguinea keets

Questions about guinea keet

What does guinea keet mean?
Guinea keet means a guinea fowl.
What part of speech is guinea keet?
Guinea keet is a noun.
What is the plural of guinea keet?
The plural of guinea keet is guinea keets.

Words near guinea keet in the dictionary

  1. guinea fowls
  2. guinea grains
  3. Guinea grass
  4. guinea hen
  5. guinea hen weed
  6. guinea keet
  7. guinea keets
  8. Guinea peach
  9. Guinea peaches
  10. Guinea pepper
  11. guinea pig

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