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 Kist’nerap’pan.Kit. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Kit. (Anglo-Saxon, kette, a cist or box [of tools].)
 
Hence that which contains the necessaries, tools, etc., of a workman.   1
   A soldier’s kit. His outfit.   2
   The whole kit of them. The whole lot. (See above.) Used contemptuously.   3
 


 Kist’nerap’pan.Kit. 

 
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