Kaintuck

词形变化

Kaintucks 复数 Kaintucks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A worker, especially one having a crude or rowdy manner, on a boat that transported commercial goods on the Mississippi River.

    美国 方言 废旧

    Most New Orleans citizens . . . were used to the Kentucky riverboatmen, the Kaintucks others called them; they called themselves alligator-horses, and they were largely a rough and tumble breed.

  2. 2.

    A native or resident of Kentucky, especially one who has a rustic character.

    美国 方言

    "Sech deescriptions . . . brings back my yearlin' days in good old Tennessee. We-all is a heaplike you Kaintucks down our way."

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to the US state of Kentucky.

    美国 方言

    His single shot had clipped a boulder right by Coe's head, just the way a Kaintuck rifleman barks a squirrel.

name
  1. 1.

    The US state of Kentucky.

    美国 方言