What does the word ilk mean?
Usage examples for ilk
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
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
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
Word of the day
vouch
To support; confirm; warrant.
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