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kexes

kexes is the plural of kex.

Meaning of kex

Noun

kex (plural kexes)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) The dried stem of certain large herbaceous plants.
    • "I suppose you'll want a dish o' tay, or victuals of some sort, hey? […] I should be as dry as kex wi' travelling so far."1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
  2. (obsolete) A plant having such a stem; a weed, a kecksy.
  3. (rare) A dry husk or covering.
    • On the bedside table a new package of cigarettes and a traveling clock had for neighbor a nicely wrapped box containing the green figurine of a girl skier which shone through the double kix.1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, pages 100–101

Questions about kexes

What is kexes the plural of?
Kexes is the plural of kex.

Words near kexes in the dictionary

  1. kewpies
  2. kewra
  3. kews
  4. Kewstoke
  5. kex
  6. kexes
  7. kexin
  8. kexins
  9. kext
  10. kexts
  11. key

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