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ilks

ilks is the plural of ilk.

Meaning of ilk

Noun

ilk (plural ilks)

  1. A type, race, or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
    • "Hinkydink” or “Bathhouse John,” or others of that ilk, were proprietors of the most notorious dives in Chicago[…]1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter XXV, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    kind, likes, sort, type, hue, persuasion

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What is ilks the plural of?
Ilks is the plural of ilk.

Words near ilks in the dictionary

  1. ilkhan
  2. Ilkhanate
  3. Ilkhanid
  4. ilkhans
  5. Ilkley
  6. ilks
  7. ill
  8. ill at ease
  9. ill behaved
  10. ill blood
  11. ill doers are ill deemers

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