What does the word ilk mean?
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Usage examples for ilk
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He
inquired
if
it
was
John
Bull
the
political
celebrity
of
that
ilk,
as
it
struck
him,
the
two
identical
names,
as
a
striking
coincidence.
– Ulysses by James Joyce
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Puir
worms
are
we;
the
poo'pit
rings
Ilk
Sawbath
wi'
the
same,
Gin
airth's
the
place
for
sic-
like
things,
I'm
no
sae
far
frae
hame!
– Songs of Angus and More Songs of Angus by Violet Jacob
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The
Abbotts,
like
the
Ballingers
and
Groomes
and
Gearys
and
many
others
of
that
ilk,
had
not
come
to
California
in
the
fifties
and
sixties
as
adventurers,
but
with
all
that
was
needed
to
give
them
immediate
prestige
in
the
new
community;
and,
among
those
that
still
retained
their
estates
in
the
San
Mateo
Valley,
at
least,
there
was
as
little
prospect
of
their
reversion
to
shirt
sleeves
as
of
their
conversion
to
the
red
shirt
of
socialism.
– The Sisters-In-Law by Gertrude Atherton