couzin
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She has a couzin who has had four Husbands and is beginning on a fifth, although not pretty and very slovenly, but with a mass of red hair.
From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Jane is not pretty, but she has nice eyes, and I am not afraid, second couzin once removed or no second couzin once removed, to say she used them.
From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart
She is very fond of her couzin, and anxious to have him suceed.
From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart
And on Miss Everett's couzin, who has written a play.
From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Crabs bite with their feet, and hang on like a country couzin.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
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