Noun

(en noun)

An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.

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This organ (of an animal) cooked as food.

Constitution, temperament, nature, type, character, disposition. (usually used of people)

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0133; think of that, – a man of my kidney, – think of that, …"

* L'Estrange

millions in the world of this man's kidney

* Burns

Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney , pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence.

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(obsolete, slang) A waiter.

(Tatler)