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kith and kin
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English
Etymology
From Middle English kith and kynne. Literally, friends (“kith”) and family (“kin”).
Noun
- Both friends and family.
- 1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […]), chapter I (Mr. Sherlock Holmes), page 2:
- I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air—or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be.
- 1916, Baroness Orczy, Leatherface: A Tale of Old Flanders:
- Surely all those abominable rebels must see that their obstinacy and treachery redounds upon their own kith and kin.
Translations
both friends and family
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