kylie

plural kylies · alternative archaic kiley · alternative archaic kyley

1. AustraliaWesternA boomerang.

   Far into the night the kylies kept sharply rattling in waves of metallic sound, the voices carrying far in bursts of song that ceased with startling abruptness.

   1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 253

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   Then we drove up to the cricket-ground to see them throw their boomerangs or kylies, which they did very cleverly. One of the kylies was broken against a tree, but most of the others flew with unerring precision.

   1889, Annie Brassey, Mary Anne Broome, The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the Sunbeam, published 2010, page 252

   The islanders have discovered that kylies made out of thin iron, such as ship′s tanks, are the most serviceable, and they show great dexterity in making them (see Fig. 6).

   1916, Royal Society of Western Australia, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, volume 1, page 57

   Kylies were used by prehistoric people in all parts of the world. Usually made of wood, they were banana shaped; both faces of each arm were carved into curved, airfoil surfaces.

   2001, Jacqueline L. Longe, How Products Are Made, page 55

plural Kylies

1. A female given name originating as a coinage; variant forms Khylie, Kilee, Kileigh, Kiley, Kylee, Kyleigh, Kyley, Kyly.

   Finnley is the fourth daughter of Jason and Kylie Kelce, having already welcomed Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett to the family.

   2025 April 2, Ben Morse, “‘Whoop, there she is!’: Jason and Kylie Kelce announce birth of fourth daughter”, in CNN

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   Kylie and her parents had been driving through the outback for hours. They had taken a five-hour flight from Sydney, where they lived, to Perth, in Western Australia. From Perth, they had to drive another seven hours to get to Kylie′s aunt and uncle′s sheep station.

   2002, Erinn Banting, Australia: The People, page 30

   Emily. Em-il-y, three syllables, like a knock on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours —

   2010, Joanne Harris, blueeyedboy, Doubleday,, →ISBN, page 102