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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 kissplay

  Familiarity information: KISSING COUSIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KISSING COUSIN (noun)


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...):

relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)


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