close-knit

[ klohs-nit ]

/ ˈkloʊsˈnɪt /

tightly united, connected, or organized.

Origin of close-knit

First recorded in 1925–30

Born in the Hessian village of Rhina in 1916, Friedel was the youngest of 16 close-knit siblings and first cousins.

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Mads Mikkelsen stars as Lucas, a man living in a close-knit Danish village who has fallen on hard times after his divorce.

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Haines was also well respected in the close-knit waterfront neighborhood of Fells Point, according to former neighbors.

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Because of the type of crime we are dealing with, this has to be a close-knit community.

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The premise of Happy Endings, which airs Tuesday nights on ABC, is simple: six close-knit friends hang out a lot.

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In the distance, and encircling the expanse of prairie, stood a solid wall of forest and close-knit jungle.

Warrior of the Dawn |Howard Carleton Browne
I might be sore and lame for a day or two, but I had twice the natural strength of these short, close-knit foreigners.

One Way Out |William Carleton
In fact, there was nothing which we did not need—and most of all we needed a sense of close-knit cooperation.

Land of the Burnt Thigh |Edith Eudora Kohl
They were not beautiful hands, merely strong, close-knit—hands to hold with a grip of death.

The Memoirs of an American Citizen |Robert Herrick
And with that we were launched into a new phase of Crouy life, the close-knit communal organization of a French settlement.

Home Fires in France |Dorothy Canfield

close-knit

/ (ˌkləʊsˈnɪt) /

closely united, esp by social ties