kid´ney|like´

kid´ney|like´
kid|ney «KIHD nee», noun, plural -neys.
1. one of the pair of organs in the body of mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles that separate waste matter and water from the blood. The kidneys pass waste matter off through the bladder as urine.
2. the kidney or kidneys of an animal, cooked for food: »

beefsteak and kidney pie.

3. Figurative. a) nature; disposition; temperament: »

a man of my kidney…that am as subject to heat as butter (Shakespeare).

SYNONYM(S): constitution. b) kind; sort; class: »

We don't like cowards, sneaks, tattletales, or any person of that kidney. He paraded up and down the streets with a crew of hard swearers at his heels…heroes of his own kidney (Washington Irving).

SYNONYM(S): stamp.
[origin uncertain]
kid´ney|like´, adjective.

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