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Definition of Kissing cousin
1. Noun. A more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss.
Definition of Kissing cousin
1. Noun. A relatively distant relative who is familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A similar or related thing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kissing Cousin
Literary usage of Kissing cousin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1876)
"as though the idea of kissing Cousin Joe was awful, after that. " Do you think
I'm blind, my dear girl ?" (wickedly.) " No-o " (slowly and sobbingly, ..."
2. Pharaoh's broker: Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of by Ellsworth Douglass (1899)
"... and I casually told him I should remain the night this time. I could not leave
without kissing cousin Ruth good-bye, but this excited no suspicion, ..."