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kissing cousin
noun
: a person and especially a relative who you know well enough to kiss in a formal way when you meet
Full Definition of KISSING COUSIN
1
: a person and especially a relative whom one knows well enough to kiss more or less formally upon meeting
2
: one that is closely related in kind to something else
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First Known Use of KISSING COUSIN
1941
Rhymes with KISSING COUSIN
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