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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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KIN-KIND, n.comb. Also kin-kin(e), ken-, con-kind, and erron. kinkye (Abd. 1929 Banffshire Jnl. (29 Jan.) 2). Kind, sort, description, gen. in phr. a' kin-kind, all kinds (ne.Sc. 1960). See also A', adj., 4. (5). [kɪn′kəin(d)]Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II.167:
The races o'er, they hale the dools, Wi' drink o' a' kin-kind.Rxb. 1808 A. Scott Poems 81:
Here's fouth of a' con-kind of nowt To suit demands.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 17:
That temple's flures and wa's are lined Wi' leifsum pictures a' kinkind.Mry. 1830 T. D. Lauder Mry. Floods 235:
A' the sma' kinkind o' articles had been floated oot at a back wundo.Knr. 1832 L. Barclay Poems 133:
He deals, to bring a penny out, In a' kinkinds o' meal.Ags. 1875 J. Watson Samples 36:
Confuse their lines wi' a' kin-kind O' high pretence.Bch. 1941 C. Gavin Black Milestone xvi.:
Nane o' them got a funeral o' nae kin-kind that ever I h'ard o'.