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
There was one subject which knit the cousinship of the four ever closer—Phil.
From The Old Blood by Palmer, Frederick
For himself Peter had never boasted of their cousinship; but he could not help being a little uplifted at Adriana’s recognition.
From Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Long ago some Ralston girl had married a Jennings; consequently, the cousinship, distant as it was.
From The Brightener by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
Had he done so I think she would have let it pass without rebuke under the guise of cousinship.
From Ayala's Angel by Trollope, Anthony
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