Kilmansegg (Miss).

An heiress of great expectations with an artificial leg of solid gold. (Thomas Hood A Golden Legend.)

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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.

Kildare’s Holy Fane
Kilkenny
Kilkenny Cats
Kill (A)
Kill Two Birds with One Stone (To)
Killed by Inches
Killed by Kindness
Killing
Killing-stone
Killing no Murder
Kilmansegg (Miss)
Kilmarnock Cowls
Kilmarth Rocks (Scotland)
Kilwinning
Kin, Kind
Kindhart
King
King
King Ban
King Cash
King Cole