Kinkaider

noun

Kin·kaid·er | \ kinˈkādə(r)\

plural -s

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: a settler on free land in Nebraska under terms of the Kinkaid Act in 1904 which allowed each bona fide settler 640 acres upon payment of a filing fee of 14 dollars the place Kinkaiders make their home and prairie chickens freely roam— Carl Sandburg

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