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Kecks vs Kecksy - What's the difference?

kecks | kecksy | see also |

As nouns the difference between kecks and kecksy

is that kecks is trousers while kecksy is the hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the hemlock.

kecks

English

Alternative forms

* keks * kegs

Noun

(kecks)
  • (Northern English dialect) trousers
    • English pluralia tantum

    kecksy

    English

    Noun

    (kecksies)
  • The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the hemlock.
  • * (editors), ''The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare , New Edition, page 436,
    • Conceives by idleness; and nothing teems, / But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies , burs, / Losing both beauty and utility.

    See also

    * kaxes (plural) * kecks (plural) * kex

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