Definitions for calkin

calkin cal·kin

Spelling: [kaw-kin, kal-]
IPA: /ˈkɔ kɪn, ˈkæl-/

Calkin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in calkin (acikln).

Definitions for calkin

noun

  1. calk2 (def 1).

Origin of calkin

1400-50; late Middle English kakun Middle Dutch calcoen hoof Old French (Walloon) calcain Latin calcāneum heel; see calcaneum

Examples for calkin

Instances are the patents issued to Messrs. calkin and Muller.

Treads, too, especially with the calkin of the hind-shoe, are especially apt to end in this way.

Or, on the same branch, may be turned up a calkin of sufficient height for the purpose.

The calkin's soap ware was packed away on the top shelf of the pantry.

Mrs. Jim Jones had a mirror which she had earned by selling calkin's soap, which Sylvia considered much handsomer.

Sylvia meditated selling enough calkin's soap to buy a new one, and stow that away in Mr. Allen's room.

“Mrs. Jim Jones has got a beautiful one she bought selling calkin's soap,” she said.

This suggests at once that a preventive is to be found in substituting a calkin that is low and square.

Word Value for calkin
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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