kealnouncheese19-20. Compare kaizumetymology: possibly metathesised from Romany kael with the same meaning; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies; collected by Joseph F G S Lucas and Rev John Baird from Kirk Yetholm Gypsiesnote:
Smart & Crofton (1875) collected ‘Kal, n., cheese’ from English Gypsies.