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单词 country cousinship
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country ˈcousinship
country ˈcousinship n. now rare the state or fact of being a country cousin or distant relation or acquaintance; a relationship felt as awkward or embarrassing.
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1835 Metrop. Mag. 14 217 When the introduction is made, and country cousinship is insisted on, a frank, manly air, and generosity in treating, seldom fail to establish a permanent intimacy.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 21 The brain is often forced to acknowledge the inconvenient country-cousinship of the stomach.
1894 Western Mail (Cardiff) 29 Aug. 5/8 Captain and Mrs. Basil Mundy were second cousins before they were married on Tuesday. Their country cousinship has now ended simultaneously with the minor relationships being swallowed up in the major.
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