COUSIN
NOUNS – PERSON
► BAKER’S DOZEN a cousin → 1960 rhyming sl.
► CONSOBRINE a cousin, a relation → 17C obs.
► COUSINESS a female cousin; in earliest usage, a female relative, a kinswoman → 1375 chiefly colloq.
► COUSINET a young or diminutive cousin → 1815 obs.
► COUSIN-GERMAN a first cousin → 1380 arch.
► COZ a cousin → 1563 colloq.
► COZ-GERMAN a child of a full brother or sister of either of one’s parents → 1635 obs.
► COZLING a little ‘coz’ or cousin → 1840
► CROSS-COUSIN one of two cousins who are the children of a brother and a sister respectively → 1889
► CUJETTE a female cousin; a female friend in an Italian neighbourhood → 20C teen & high school sl.
► CUJINE a cousin; a friend in an Italian neighbourhood → 20C teen & high school sl.
► DOUBLE COUSINS relatives who are cousins from two different branches of the family tree → 1953 Amer. dial.
► ELBOW COUSIN a distant cousin → 1959 Amer. dial.
► GADLING ► GEDLING a cousin, a nephew → 1000 obs.
► GATSHIRD a cousin, a relation → 1825 Sc.
► GERMANE COUSIN a first cousin; a child of a full brother or sister of either parent of the person in question → 1330
► GREAT-COUSIN a first cousin once removed → 1742 obs.
► HALF-BROTHER a cousin where the fathers are brothers → 1914 Amer. dial.
► HALF-COUSIN a second cousin; the child of one’s father’s or mother’s cousin; the cousin of one’s father or mother → 1871
► NEAR FRIEND a first cousin → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► OWN COUSIN a first cousin → 1899 Amer. dial.
► SHIRTTAIL COUSIN a distant cousin → 1959 Amer. dial., often derogatory
► WELSH-AUNT a first cousin of one’s father or mother → 1878 Eng. dial.
► WELSH NIECE a first cousin → 1886
► WELSH UNCLE a first cousin of a parent → 1747
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