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kitten
kitten heel
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kitting
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kitty (1)
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kitty-cornered
Kitty Hawk
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kitty (2)

kit·ty [ kíttee ] (plural kit·ties)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. joint pool of money: a fund of money contributed to by a group of people and used to buy something in common

2. proportion of overall pot in poker: a portion of the total amount of money bet by all the players on each hand of poker

3. pool of bets: the amount of money that has been bet by the players in a game

4. U.S. card games 
Same as  widown (sense 4)


[Early 19th century. Originally "prison." Origin ?]
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