One man's meat is another man's finish--Canned Beef in Cuba.
KANGAROO A hard drinker from Australia, especially fond of hops, and generally carrying a load.
KATYDID A gossiping grasshopper who is always meddling in Katy's affairs.
KEEPSAKE Something given us by someone we've forgotten.
KERNELS or COLONELS Articles often found in cores (or corps) and frequently surrounded by shells.
KEROSENE An alleged provider of heat and light. From Lat. carus, meaning expensive and seneo, to be weak; expensive but weak. For further explanation, consult Standard Oil Company.
KEYHOLE A frequent test for sobriety.
KID Either a boxing-glove or a first-born. In either case, hard to handle until well tanned.
KILTS A Scotchman's apology for indecent exposure.
KINDRED From Eng. kin, meaning relation, and dread, meaning fear; fearful relations.
KINDERGARTEN From Ger. kinder, children, and Lat. garritus, a babbling. A place for babbling children.
KINDLING-WOOD From Ger. kind, youth, and Eng. linger, to loaf. A place where youth generally loafs.
KISS Nothing divided by two; meaning persecution for the infant, ecstasy for the youth, fidelity for the middle-aged and homage for the old.
KISS An indescribable something that is of no value to any one, but is much prized by the right two.
KNOCKER A device on doors for rousing people; also, a device on foot for the same purpose.
Laugh-in-one's-sleeve--The direct route to the Funny-Bone.