Definition of "kibes" []

• Plural form of kibe. (noun)

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• "-- _Detached Thoughts_, 1821, _Letters_, 1901, v. 433.] [621] [For Byron's misapprehension concerning "kibes," see _Childe"
• "By the kibes of thy heels, quoth Panurge, thou dost not understand the topics."
• "She works at St. Veronica's hospital, lives nearby at the home of a Mrs. Quoad, a lady widowed long ago and since suffering a series of antiquated diseases-greensickness, tetter, kibes, purples, im-posthumes and almonds in the ears, most recently a touch of scurvy."