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kite
noun- a letter, note or message US, 1859
Largely prison usage. - And then a simple-minded convict had to write another simple-minded bastard to tell him to keep his mouth shut and Tommy Tucker, to whom he had given the kite to be delivered, and to take it to the director[.] — Chester Himes, Cast the First Stone, p. 181, 1952
- I saw several kites; two were left by mistake in books returned to me in the library, and others were received by girls in our cottage. — Helen Bryan, Inside, p. 279, 1953
- They were sending kites out to contact their pushers–a kite is an illegal letter generally smuggled out by a guard. — Willard Motley, Let No Man Write My Epitaph, p. 188, 1958
- One phenomenon not mentioned, which appears peculiar to correctional institutions, are the "kites" or love letters written by one inmate to another. — New York Mattachine Newsletter, p. 5, August 1961
- Well, I sent here a kite by my cellmate / the boy who just finished his hitch and was free. — Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, p. 116, 1964
- I decide maybe it’d have been better if I’d dropped the whole business after the first kite. — Clarence Cooper Jr., The Farm, p. 43, 1967
- Maybe I could fly one a couple of my magnetized coping kites (high voltage letters) when I hit the bricks and steal a ’ho! — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Airtight Willie and Me, p. 3, 1979
- He caught Harold at the tank gate. "Here. Fly this kite to Kitty." — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 89, 1990
- a cheque, especially a blank or worthless cheque; a stolen credit card or cards UK, 1805
- [F]lying dodgy kites with each other at bent spielers[.] — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, 1962
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 68, 1996
- [A] new batch of Visas was coming in. Pure kite it were–clean as a whistle, not signed or nothing yet, obviously. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 23, 2001
- a criminal who deals in cheque and credit card fraud US Variation of KITER
- [N]o one who’s totally legit. There’s kites, dippers, dealers, spivs, all kinds. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 161, 2001
- a hand-rolled tobacco cigarette US
- — Judi Sanders, Kickin’ like Chicken with the Couch Commander, p. 14, 1992
- a fool AUSTRALIA
- But the big, stupid kite! — Robert S. Close, With Hooves of Brass, p. 112, 1961
- a Christian NEW ZEALAND, 1997
Prison usage. - — Harry Orsman, A Dictionary of Modern New Zealand Slang, p. 75, 1999
- the face US
- Kite on the twat, by the way. Big long moody gob on him. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 11, 2001
- [B]ig friggin grin on her kite. — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 163, 2002
- an ounce of drugs US
- "The Wolf was around today. He was holding a kite." "A ounce!" — Willard Motley, Let No Man Write My Epitaph, p. 117, 1958
- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 116, 1971
- a bus UK
- To the bus conductor your ticket is a "brief" and his vehicle is a "tub", "kite" or "barrow". — Evening News, 27 April 1954
- any type of aircraft UK, 1917
Modern use has a mainly ironic tone. - a glider used in hang-gliding; a hang-glider AUSTRALIA
- — James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, 1996
- a newspaper AUSTRALIA, 1919
- You can pass me up the kite if you like. — Jim McNeil, The Old Familiar Juice, p. 6, 1973
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 44, 1989
▶ fly a kite; lay a kite
to fraudulently issue or pass a worthless cheque IRELAND, 1805
Based on KITE— Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 52, 1996 |