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Definition of kain : Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord.

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• There is a certain number of interesting memoirs of actors and actresses, which dates from this time, including those of the great actress Mademoiselle Clairon, the tragic actor Le Kain, and others. - "A Short History of French Literature", George Saintsbury.
• But in this land every one seems hardened in the ways of Kain. - "Poet Lore, Volume XXIV, Number IV, 1912", Various.