What does kailyard mean?
Kailyard means (Scotland) A kitchen garden..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Scotland) A kitchen garden..
There was formerly a poor widow, and she had three daughters, and all she had to feed them was a kailyard. There was a great gray horse who was coming every day to the yard to eat the kail.
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Kailyard means (Scotland) A kitchen garden..
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There was formerly a poor widow, and she had three daughters, and all she had to feed them was a kailyard. There was a great gray horse who was coming every day to the yard to eat the kail.
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