1611. Bible, Authorised Version. 1 Sam. ii. 29. Wherefore kick ye
at my sacrifice?
1847. Tennyson, Princess, iv. 393. You hold that woman is the
better man: A rampant heresy, such as, if it spread, Would make all
women kick against their Lords.
1871. Daily News, 29 Dec. The love of pleasure he’s been encouraged
in won’t make him kick against useful information.
1888. Detroit Free Press, 13 Oct. There are 10,000 baby carriages
in Chicago. They obstruct the travel of 200,000 people. I kick.
1889. Nation, xlviii. 137. In a late number you maintain strongly
that it is the duty of persons suffering from overcharges,
insolence and other forms of oppression, to kick.
1889. Bird O’ Freedom, 7 Aug., p. 6. When it comes to editors
waking up and tackling hard-worked foremen by the neck, then I
kick.
1891. Morning Advertiser, 6 April. The men certainly kicked against
this increase.
1892. Milliken, ’Arry Ballads, p. 25. Kick at my lingo.