All ungalled of him is each courtier's heel or great man's kibe. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827] Reference
He talked a lot longer than Obama, but he did very well. velosia kibe. From Wordnik.com. [McCain on attack tonight?] Reference
In Brazil, it is called quibe or kibe; elsewhere in Latin America, kipe or quipe. From Wordnik.com. [MORE ADVENTURES IN MIDDLE EASTERN COOKING: POTATO KIBBI/KIBBEH] Reference
Galls his kibe, 143. the infants of the spring, 129. From Wordnik.com. [Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature] Reference
That hee gawles his kibe, I prethee tell mee one thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke The First ('Bad') Quarto] Reference
But now, sir, the clouted shoe of the peasant galls the kibe of the courtier. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Mannering — Complete] Reference
But now, sir, the clouted shoe of the peasant galls the kibe or the courtier. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XLII] Reference
The age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe. From Wordnik.com. [Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature] Reference
Meanwhile the purely plebeian society was growing, and the toe of the clown beginning to gall the kibe of the courtier. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
QUOTATION: The age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe. From Wordnik.com. [Quotations] Reference
Triads, and can come down on them with a quotation from Catwg the Wise: but it so chanced that I trod on a kibe, and I had to pay the penalty. From Wordnik.com. [Celt and Saxon — Complete] Reference
Horatio, these three years I have taken a note of it; the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he gaffs his kibe. From Wordnik.com. [Hamlet, Prince of Denmark] Reference
The printer's toe never galled the author's kibe in his case; he wished to have an early proof, which he corrected fastidiously, but not overmuch, and he did not keep it long. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship] Reference
By the Lord, Horatio, these three years I have taken note of it, the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier he galls his kibe. From Wordnik.com. [Hamlet] Reference
By the Lord, Horatio, these three years I have taken note of it; the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe. From Wordnik.com. [Act V. Scene I. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark] Reference
By the Lord, Horatio, these three years I have taken note of it; the age is grown so picked15 that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heels of our courtier, he galls his kibe. From Wordnik.com. [Act V. Scene I] Reference
"By the Lord, Horatio, these three years I have taken note of it; the age has grown so picked, that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe.". From Wordnik.com. [Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare] Reference
Gravedigger, "By the Lord, Horatio, these three years I have taken note of it: the age is grown so picked, that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe.". From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature] Reference
I study their language, I attend their gatherings and subscribe the expenses; I consume Welsh mutton with relish; I enjoy the Triads, and can come down on them with a quotation from Catwg the Wise: but it so chanced that I trod on a kibe, and I had to pay the penalty. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
208The age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe. From Wordnik.com. [Hamlet] Reference
1678The age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe. From Wordnik.com. [Quotations] Reference
Dick's heel form in the second step of the treble, from the kibe on the left foot to the corner of the door forninst him? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three] Reference
I gall his kibe. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
If twere a kibe, 23276. From Wordnik.com. [Act II. Scene I] Reference
Its kibe approaching. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 10, 1892] Reference
kibe, chilblain. killogie, fire-place of a lime-kiln. kilt, to upset, to tuck up. kinchin, child, baby. kinder, children. kist, chest, trunk, coffin. kittle, ticklish, capricious. knevelled, beaten, kneaded. From Wordnik.com. [Glossary] Reference
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