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cousin

[kuhz-uhn] / ˈkʌz ən /
NOUN
family relation
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"He couldn't walk down the street without everybody getting hold of him and wanting to take him in the pub," says his cousin, Rosemary Elmore.

From BBC

New York got a cousin somewhere in Mississippi, because a lot of us are from the South anyway.

From Los Angeles Times

“We must all be specially considerate of dear Jans today. This is the day her husband’s sister died some years ago—or was it his cousin?”

From Literature

His Hittler cousins in Alsace all had girls, so the name is disappearing there.

From BBC

He shuffles through them, reminiscing about his parents, siblings and cousins.

From Los Angeles Times