kipe

Updated: May 9, 2025

Kipe yer fingers crossed w'en yer go in there, Yank; tike me advice!" "I hope I go there too if you're going," said Tom, "'cause you make it seem not so bad, kind of, bein' a prisoner." "Hi, Fritzie!" the sailor called. "I got me reward for 'eroism!"

Percy Keese Fitzhugh - Tom Slade on a Transport

Bread, flour, meat, potatoes, butter, tea, sugar, red herrings, and the like. Soap and candles were also sold; and afterwards the man added green vegetables and coals, the latter doled out by the measure, so much a "kipe." The man's name was Peckaby; he and his wife were without family, and they managed the shop between them.

Mrs. Henry Wood - Verner's Pride