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 Kidderminster Poetry.Kidney. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Kidnapper (A).
 
One who nabs or steals “kids” or young children.   1
        “Swarms of kidnappers were busy in every northern town.”—J. B. McMaster: People of the United States, vol. ii. chap. x. p. 357.
 


 Kidderminster Poetry.Kidney. 

 
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