kail·yard
Definition of kailyard
(Entry 1 of 2)
Scottish
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Definition of kailyard (Entry 2 of 2)
of a school of writers
: characterized by sentimental description of Scottish life and considerable use of Scots dialect
such various aspects of Scottish life as whiskey, deerstalking, salmon fishing, the Kailyard school of writers— Janet Adams Smith
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