cousinship
Americannoun
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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
Then the sooner Martine proves her cousinship the better.
From Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls by Helen Leah Reed
Long ago some Ralston girl had married a Jennings; consequently, the cousinship, distant as it was.
From The Brightener by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
I invited him in, and as the cavalier was so free with his cousinship, I could easily perceive that he was not of the neighbourhood.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag
For, as it is, he's much more independent, without feeling that anything has been done for him, because he's a connection of ours, even though the cousinship is rather far away.
From Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' by Helen Leah Reed
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