Definition of Kissing cousin

1. Noun. A more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss.

Exact synonyms: Kissing Kin
Generic synonyms: Relation, Relative

Definition of Kissing cousin

1. Noun. A relatively distant relative who is familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss. ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) A similar or related thing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kissing Cousin

kisses and makes up
kisses and tells
kissest
kisseth
kissfest
kissfests
kissiest
kissing
kissing-bunch
kissing-up
kissing and making up
kissing and telling
kissing bug
kissing bugs
kissing cousin (current term)
kissing cousins
kissing disease
kissing gate
kissing gates
kissing gourami
kissing kin
kissingcrust
kissingcrusts
kissless
kisslike
kissoff
kissoffs
kissogram
kissograms

Literary usage of Kissing cousin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1876)
"as though the idea of kissing Cousin Joe was awful, after that. " Do you think I'm blind, my dear girl ?" (wickedly.) " No-o " (slowly and sobbingly, ..."

2. Pharaoh's broker: Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of by Ellsworth Douglass (1899)
"... and I casually told him I should remain the night this time. I could not leave without kissing cousin Ruth good-bye, but this excited no suspicion, ..."

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