Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Ka Me, Ka Thee.

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Ka’aba (Arabic, ka’bah, a square house).

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Ka Me, Ka Thee.

One good turn deserves another; do me a service, and I will give you a helping hand when you require one. (Latin, Fricantem frica, or Muli mutuo scabunt.)

“Ka me, ka thee, is a proverb all over the world.”—Sir W. Scott: Kenilworth, chap. v.

K.O.B. (i.e. the King’s Own Borderers).

Ka’aba (Arabic, ka’bah, a square house).

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