cousinship
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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They have played for years in Anaheim, in Orange County, yet they’re historically and legally yoked to L.A. in a freeway-friction cousinship to which L.A. is pretty much indifferent but one that grieves Orange County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
Shane, by virtue of his cousinship, might have borne the young lady with safety through the ranks.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
Were it not for the money, which must be yours, and which he is kind enough to surrender, would he come to you then with his brotherhood, and his cousinship, and his mock love?
From Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope
Algernon was elated by the success of his song, and by Lady Seely's full acknowledgment of his cousinship, and he left the mansion in Mayfair in very good spirits, as has been said.
From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
Possibly this impresses us the more strongly on account of the cousinship.
From One Year Abroad by Blanche Willis Howard
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