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   kaftan
         n 1: a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn
               by men in the Near East [syn: {caftan}, {kaftan}]
         2: a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching
            down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant [syn: {caftan},
            {kaftan}]

English Dictionary: kip down by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
keep down
v
  1. place a limit on the number of
    Synonym(s): number, keep down
  2. put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
    Synonym(s): repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
  3. manage not to throw up
    Antonym(s): barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
keep to oneself
v
  1. shun the company of others; "The new student keeps to herself"
  2. withhold information; "I kept your little secret to myself all these years"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kept woman
n
  1. an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
    Synonym(s): mistress, kept woman, fancy woman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kip down
v
  1. prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
    Synonym(s): go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire
    Antonym(s): arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kaftan \Kaf"tan\, n & v.
      See {Caftan}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kept \Kept\, imp. & p. p.
      of {Keep}.
  
      {Kept mistress}, a concubine; a woman supported by a man as
            his paramour.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kipton, OH (village, FIPS 40544)
      Location: 41.26700 N, 82.30482 W
      Population (1990): 283 (99 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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