kaleyard noun & adjective. ['keɪljɑ:d] Scot. Also kailyard. M16.
[from KALE + YARD noun¹.]
A. noun. A cabbage-garden, a kitchen garden, esp. one attached to a small cottage. M16.
b. attrib. or as adjective. (Usu. Kaleyard.) Designating or pertaining to a group of late 19th-cent. fiction-writers, including J. M. Barrie (1860-1937), who portrayed local town life in Scotland and made much use of the vernacular. L19.

■ kaleyarder noun a writer of the Kaleyard School L19.

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