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kennelries

kennelries is the plural of kennelry.

Meaning of kennelry

Noun

kennelry (plural kennelries)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of kennel (place).
    • Pursuing our homeward journey four or five miles we descried a long row of cabins after the style of a Mormon’s wife kennelry. Another lady of the party of persuasive eloquence volunteered to assist in imploring of the inmates shelter for the night. But the queen of the cabins had only one bed...1880 October 30, Refugee [pseudonym], “Colorado Correspondence”, in The Rock Island Argus, volume XXX, number 17, Rock Island, Ill., published 5 November 1880, →ISSN, →OCLC, page [4], column 5
    Synonyms:
    kennel
  2. (rare) Synonym of kennel (collective).
    • He is convinced that the aristocracy stands in the way of the development of the rights of man, and he says so unflinchingly, though he be howled at as an ill-mannered demagogue by the whole kennelry of gorged aristocracy, and of their fawning minions.1884 October 17, a “J” Pen [pseudonym; David Lloyd George], “Nota Bene’s”, in North Wales Observer and Express […], volume VII, number 376, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, →OCLC, page 5, column 3
    Synonyms:
    kennel

Questions about kennelries

What is kennelries the plural of?
Kennelries is the plural of kennelry.

Words near kennelries in the dictionary

  1. kennelmaids
  2. kennelman
  3. kennelmate
  4. kennelmates
  5. kennelmen
  6. kennelries
  7. kennelry
  8. kennels
  9. kennelsful
  10. kennelwoman
  11. kennelwomen

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