K.

The three bad K’s. The Greeks so called the Ka’rians, Kre’tans, and Kilik’ians. The Romans retained the same expression, though they spelt the three nations with C instead of K.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Juveniles (3 syl.)
K
K
K.C.B
K.G
K.K
K.O.B. (i.e. the King’s Own Borderers)
Ka Me, Ka Thee
Kaaba (Arabic, kabah, a square house)
Kabibonokka (North - American Indian)
Kadris
Kaffir (Arabic, Kâfir, an infidel)
Kai-Omurs (the mighty Omurs)