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kith and kin

plural noun

  1. acquaintances and relatives.


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of kith and kin1

Middle English word dating back to 1350鈥1400
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Idioms and Phrases

Friends and family, as in Everyone was invited, kith and kin as well as distant acquaintances . This expression dates from the 1300s and originally meant 鈥渃ountrymen鈥 ( kith meant 鈥渙ne's native land鈥) and 鈥渇amily members.鈥 It gradually took on the present looser sense.
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It was believed that if one killed a crane, its kith and kin would flock to the killer's home, hold vigil and mourn by collectively honking until the person went mad or even died.

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For his installation, 鈥渒ith and kin,鈥 Moore has drawn a family tree in chalk on the walls and ceiling of the Australia Pavilion.

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"I didn't want to see terrorists in government, their people have murdered our kith and kin over the years."

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It is us, kith and kin, born of human misadventure.

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The restaurant leans on the same Afro-Caribbean flavors that defined Onwuachi鈥檚 Washington restaurants 鈥 the short-lived Shaw Bijou as well as Kith and Kin on the Wharf, which earned him a James Beard Award 鈥 but this time, the antecedents to the chef鈥檚 cooking are located just a subway ride away.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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