'Guinea fowl keets for sale from $10 each'

[Con Boekel <>]

The Australian National Dictionary Centre has entries for 'keets' as a 
short form for 'lorikeets'. In use from the 19thC until the mid-20thC.
regards
Con

On 2/12/2014 6:19 PM, David McDonald (personal) wrote:
> Someone yesterday posted to the Wamboin & Bywong Hub Facebook page 
> 'Guinea fowl keets for sale from $10 each.'
> Probably everyone but me already knew that keets are young guinea fowls.
>
> One problem, though: it is not in the Oxford English Dictionary. A few 
> citations in Trove. I have now submitted it to the OED for 
> consideration next time they get to revise 'ke'.
> For info - David
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