Kettle
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A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover,used for heating and boiling water or other liguids. Kettle pins,ninepins; skittles. [Obs.] Shelton.-- Kettle stitch (Bookbinding), the stitch made in sewing at thehead and tail of a book. Knight.
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Used in London, UK to refer to a wrist watch.
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An irregular air traveler (1-2x/year) who feels entitled to use first class and premium check-in counters, attempts to board during first class or elite boarding groups. Kettles are often oblivious to boundaries such as curtains separating first class from main cabin, or by crowding around Priority boarding lanes to prevent premium customers from accessing them.
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to incarcerate or restrain temporarily
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An abbreviated response based on the expression, Thats like [the pot calling the kettle black]. It is a response made when [the speaker] has just said something that the listner thinks the speaker is just as guilty of as whoever the speaker was criticizing.
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The act of being in [someone’s] face/and or area of space...A variation of the phrase “[Getting in] someones [grill]”.
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