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kirby

1 American  
[kur-bee] / ˈkɜr bi /

noun

Angling.

plural

kirbies
  1. a fishhook having an even bend.


Kirby 2 American  
[kur-bee] / ˈkɜr bi /

noun

  1. a male given name.


Etymology

Origin of kirby

First recorded in 1795–1805; after the proper name

Example Sentences

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“Complacency is a killer,” he told a crowd of about 50 last week at On the Kirb, an organic sports bar in the upmarket Houston neighborhood of Upper Kirby.

From The Wall Street Journal

The toys tend to be collaborations with popular brands such as Nintendo’s Kirby and popular series “One Piece.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In the early 1960s, with Bamberger now a regional distributor for Kirby vacuums, one of his employees, Bill Church Jr., approached him for a loan; Church’s dad, George W. Church Sr., had recently died, and the family was struggling to keep the fried-chicken restaurants he had started afloat.

From The Wall Street Journal

Joshua Kirby is deputy editor for breaking news at Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal, covering European business and economics.

From The Wall Street Journal

United’s Scott Kirby is seen as a bold, straightforward leader, while Delta’s Ed Bastian is viewed as financially astute executive, reaping the benefits of a solid background in finance.

From MarketWatch