kegler n. a bowler. Etymological Note: < German Kegler, a player of a form of ninepins, in which a wooden disk or ball is thrown. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, listener says when he was growing up, his family used the word schmutz as a verb. For example, when one parent reminded the other to apply sunscreen to the youngsters, they might say Make sure you schmutz the kids...
Grace in Abilene, Texas, says her grandmother, who was of German descent, would tell children to stop sulking or pouting with a word that sounded to Grace like “mooksie.” Her grandmother was probably using a form of the German dialectal terms...
Hello,
Do you have Familie in Kalamazoo, Michigan? My mother in law was born there. And the father, mother and children, came again to Amsterdam! The other Family lived in Michigan, for so far I know!
Greetings from:
Amy Scholte
Heerhugowaard
Holland.