kayf
/keɪf/
kayf noun: a café.
Noun
kayf (plural kayfs)
- A café.
- The number 86 is a kayf up West where all the slag in Town hang out. It is owned by a fat Greek called Gregorious who has a wife who is as skinny as a rake […]1969, Frank Norman, Norman's London, page 28
- But there was a kayf next door, he said.
The cafe was self-service. Tea and coffee were dispensed from twin urns by an elderly woman in a beehive hair-do with pearl stud ear-rings.2025, Michael Butterworth, Flowers for a Dead Witch
Forms of kayf
| plural | kayfs |
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Origin of kayf
Humorous respelling of an uneducated pronunciation of cafe.
Words that rhyme with kayf
Questions about kayf
- What does kayf mean?
- Kayf means a café.
- What part of speech is kayf?
- Kayf is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kayf?
- Kayf is pronounced /keɪf/.
- What is the plural of kayf?
- The plural of kayf is kayfs.
Words near kayf in the dictionary
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