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Definition of Kinfolks
1. kinfolk [n] - See also: kinfolk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kinfolks
Literary usage of Kinfolks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Island Song Lyrics Volume 5by Larry W. Jones by Larry W. Jones (2004)
"I wonder about my kinfolks on the isle Do they miss me as I roam I wonder if they
wonder if I still smile So far away from my island home I still hear ..."
2. Uncle Remus Returns by Joel Chandler Harris (1918)
""No use fer ter lose no sleep 'bout dem kinfolks, Brer Plato. Ef 'twan't for dese
sunshine niggers, de chain gang would n't be ..."
3. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"... unnecessarily liberal facilities there are for going to it; showed him how,
in his ignorance he had gone and fooled away all his kinfolks to no purpose; ..."
4. Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings; the Folk-lore of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris (1880)
"... County for ten see demo kinfolks mighty nigh be' days, an' you better b'leeve
I done bin had ten scratch roan' mighty lively for ten make do ..."
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