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kissing kin

American  

noun

  1. any more or less distant kin familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss, as a cousin kissing cousin.


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Of course, it’s likely that crowded in-person gatherings are off the table for even your kissing kin in the immediate future, but this is a question not merely of physical but emotional proximity.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2020

Horticulturally speaking, a Virginia azalea and a Texas rose aren't even kissing kin.

From Time Magazine Archive

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