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kith and kin
plural noun
- acquaintances and relatives.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of kith and kin1
Idioms and Phrases
Friends and family, as in Everyone was invited, kith and kin as well as distant acquaintances . This expression dates from the 1300s and originally meant “countrymen†( kith meant “one's native landâ€) and “family members.†It gradually took on the present looser sense.Example Sentences
It was believed that if one killed a crane, its kith and kin would flock to the killer's home, hold vigil and mourn by collectively honking until the person went mad or even died.
For his installation, “kith and kin,†Moore has drawn a family tree in chalk on the walls and ceiling of the Australia Pavilion.
"I didn't want to see terrorists in government, their people have murdered our kith and kin over the years."
It is us, kith and kin, born of human misadventure.
The restaurant leans on the same Afro-Caribbean flavors that defined Onwuachi’s Washington restaurants — the short-lived Shaw Bijou as well as Kith and Kin on the Wharf, which earned him a James Beard Award — but this time, the antecedents to the chef’s cooking are located just a subway ride away.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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