COATES KINNEY
\kˈə͡ʊts kˈɪnɪ], \kˈəʊts kˈɪnɪ], \k_ˈəʊ_t_s k_ˈɪ_n_ɪ]\
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An American journalist and writer of verse; born in Yates County, N. Y., 1826. He was originally a lawyer, afterwards editor of the Cincinnati Times and the Ohio State Journal. He has written: "Ke-u-ka, etc". (1855); "Lyrics of the Ideal and the Real\" (1888). His best-known poem is probably "The Rain upon the Roof". He died in 1904.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
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