kailyardism

kailyard school


kail·yard·er, noun
kail·yard·ism, noun
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kaleyard school or kailyard school
 
n
a group of writers who depicted the sentimental and homely aspects of life in the Scottish Lowlands from about 1880 to 1914. The best known contributor to the school was J. M. Barrie
 
kailyard school or kailyard school
 
n

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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