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 Kalyb.Kâma. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Kam.
 
Crooked. (Erse kaam, squinteyed.) Clean Kam, perverted into Kim Kam, means wholly awry, clean from the purpose.   1
       
“This is clean kam—merely awry.”
       
Shakespeare: Coriolanus, iii. 1.
 


 Kalyb.Kâma. 

 
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