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Kissing-Crust

Meaning: When baking bread or rolls, and two join together

Heard in Suffolk: Oi think th’ kissing-crust allus taste th’ best

Standard English: I think where the bread joins always tastes best

King Harry

Meaning: Goldfinch (Bird)

Heard in Suffolk: Oi see them King Harry’s are orn th’ birdtable

Standard English: I see there’s Goldfinches on the birdtable

Knappish

Meaning: Snappish. Spiteful. A Man or dog

Heard in Suffolk: He’s a’ hobbly one, roight knappish

Standard English: He’s a grumpy one, right spiteful

Kaddaw

Meaning: Jackdaw (Bird)

Heard in Suffolk: “Ad a’ pair a’ Kaddaws dowen in me garden t’day

Standard English: Had a pair of Jackdaws down in my garden today

Kulp

Meaning: A blow, a cuff

Heard in Suffolk: He’ll kulp me round th’ nut if oi dunt stop larf’un

Standard English: He will clip me round the head if I don’t stop laughing

Kedge

Meaning: Feeling well, hale and hearty

Heard in Suffolk: She’s feeling kedgy for a’ ninety year owd mawther

Standard English: She’s feeling hale and hearty for a ninety year old woman