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kail

[keyl]
–noun
kale.

kale

[keyl]
–noun
1. Also called borecole. a cabbagelike cultivated plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, of the mustard family, having curled or wrinkled leaves: used as a vegetable.
2. Scot. cabbage.
3. Slang. money.
Also, kail.


Origin:
1250–1300; ME cale, northern var. of cole
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kale 
c.1300, M.E. cawul, surviving as a Scottish variant of cole "cabbage" (see cole-slaw). Slang meaning "money" is from 1902.
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