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Kincher = cancer? {{By|EB}} Or "older kinship"—in the sense of Riddley's forebears having betrayed/exploited their children. {{By|GW}} ''Childer'' is the plural of child in most Scottish and North English dialects. As far as I know, it is not common in [[Places|Kent]] or elsewhere in the South. {{By|EB}} | Kincher = cancer? {{By|EB}} Or "older kinship"—in the sense of Riddley's forebears having betrayed/exploited their children. {{By|GW}} ''Childer'' is the plural of child in most Scottish and North English dialects. As far as I know, it is not common in [[Places|Kent]] or elsewhere in the South. {{By|EB}} | ||
''Kincher'' is also an [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kinching archaic word] for a thief or rogue. {{By|RG}} | ''Kincher'' is also an [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kinching archaic word] for a thief or rogue. {{By|RG}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:35, 28 July 2013
- (4:18) "Some times youwl hear of a aulder kincher he carries away childer"
Kincher = cancer? EB Or "older kinship"—in the sense of Riddley's forebears having betrayed/exploited their children. GW Childer is the plural of child in most Scottish and North English dialects. As far as I know, it is not common in Kent or elsewhere in the South. EB
Kincher is also an archaic word for a thief or rogue. RG