Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—K

Kennedy

A poker, or to kill with a poker; so called from a man of that name who was killed by a poker. (Dictionary of Modern Slang.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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