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"Ay! ay!" cried several of the bystanders, "let Jonathan kimbaw the cove.
Jack Sheppard A Romance William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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"To trick, cheat, or cozen; also to to beat or to bully. Let's kimbaw the cull: let's bully the fellow. To set one's arms a-kimbaw, vulgarly pronounced a-kimbo, is to rest one's hands on the hips, keeping he elbows square, and sticking out from the body: an insolent bullying attitude."
- Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'.
April 13, 2009