kailyard

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noun

kail·​yard

Scottish

: kitchen garden

kailyard

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adjective

"

often capitalized

of a school of writers

: characterized by sentimental description of Scottish life and considerable use of Scots dialect

such various aspects of Scottish life as whiskey, deerstalking, salmon fishing, the Kailyard school of writers

—Janet Adams Smith

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Scots, from kale, kail + English yard

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