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Two or more things that are closely akin or very similar. For example, They may be made by different manufacturers, but these two cars are kissing cousins. This metaphoric term alludes to a distant relative who is well known enough to be greeted with a kiss. [c. 1930]

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How to use kissing cousins in a sentence

On Dec. 22, 1799, Sands told her cousins that she would be leaving to elope with a fellow boarder named Levi Weeks that night.
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Same with my uncle and cousins when their planes landed from Vietnam.
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During the intense firefight that followed, four Kurdish fighters died, including three of Ahmed's cousins.
The Brothers Who Ambushed ISIS|Mohammed A. Salih|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Simple joys of life—hugging, kissing, coloring—they have been taken away,” she says.
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That statistic is based on a survey that includes attempted forced kissing as sexual assault.
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For this reason the story of Yung Pak's youthful days may be the more interesting to his Western cousins.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
Suffice it to say, a mutual passion was conceived between the two cousins, and my father persuaded her to elope with him.
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But my faver says it's un-man-ly to be always kissing, and I did n't fink you'd do vat, Coppy.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
In the wagon a fellow is in the act of kissing a girl, while an old woman belabours him about the head.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
The chambermaid is otherwise engaged, for an amorous spark is seen to be kissing her in the open doorway.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper

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