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 Kokum (Australian prison), sham kindness. Koniacker, cogfniac-er (American thieves), a counterfeiter. Hence hone, or cone, money. Kootee (Anglo-Indian), a house. Kootoo or kotow (American), of Chinese origin, and signifying to bow down before. Misap- plied, however, by many writers when used to denote flattery. Consequently he has kootooed and sa- laamed before every travelling scribbler or story-monger, fearful that he would be dismissed by them to the dunce's stool for some solecism in manner or pronunciation. — New York Tribune. Kop, a lost (South African), a solitary hill. Kopper, copper (popular), police- man, detective. Vide Cop. Pere-la-Chaise vows that the treatment he received at the hands of the police was all owing to a dispute in the past, when the kopper had stood in with him, and he had lost. — Sporting Times. Kori, koro (gypsy), a thorn. Also penis. Hindu her, the membrum virile. Kosh (common), a blow as from a stick or club. From the gypsy l-asht or loth, a stick. Vide Cosh. So the fellow said "Bah!" and Tobias said " Bosh ! " When he felt such a kosh That he went over splosh All in his Sunday clothes. — The New Comic Songster. Krop (tailors), back slang for pork. Knbber (Anglo-Indian), news. Kudize, to (university), to praise. Vide Kudos. Kudos (common), a Greek word signifying praise. Originally used by university men, but now in vogue in society with the sense of fame, praise, honour. Promptly did Gubbins, with hopes of kudos, if not of drinks, leap into the arena. — Sporting Times. In theatrical circles it is said of a manager who produces a piece which is not a pecuniary success, that he has made little coin, but much kudos : " Un suoces d'estime," as the French term this. There is some kudos, as well as consider- able profit, to be got by the manager who first stages a matinee properly. — Bird o' Freedom. Kushto, koshto (gypsy), good. Hind. -Persian tush, pleasant ; Jcushtipen, goodness. Kushto pash kushto kerela ferridiro. — Romani Gudli, or Gypsy Stories. I.e., " Good with good makes better." Kutcha (Anglo-Indian), bad. Pro- perly a house built of mud. Kye (costermongers), eighteen- pence. END OF VOL. I. £