kindsa
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Written form of a reduction of "kinds of"
Contraction
[edit]kindsa (singular kinda)
- (colloquial) Contraction of kinds of, plural of kind of.
- 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
- Four hour flight & I saw the Rocky Mountains & all kindsa shit from the plane, the view was so clear.
- 1993, Kent Harrington, A Brother to Dragons, page 151:
- Manny don't sell one kinda pizza, or two kindsa pizzas, or ten kindsa pizzas.
- 2005, Frank McCourt, Teacher Man, page 78:
- 'Cause Johnny has a girlfriend name of Rose and she's a good girl knows all kindsa grammar and she's gonna graduate an' be a secretary in a big company in Manhattan and John don't wanna be no dumb ass trying to marry Rose.
- 2006, Leinster Murray, Operation Terror, page 58:
- These were natural kindsa waves, pursued the driver. Lightning made them.
- 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure