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KISSING COUSIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kissing cousin mean?
• KISSING COUSIN (noun)
The noun KISSING COUSIN has 1 sense:
1. a more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss
Familiarity information: KISSING COUSIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
kissing cousin; kissing kin
Hypernyms ("kissing cousin" is a kind of...):
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