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kinfolk

[ kin-fohk ]

/ ˈkɪnˌfoʊk /

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plural noun Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.

relatives or kindred.

Also kin·folks, kinsfolk.

Origin of kinfolk

1425–75; late Middle English kinnes-folk; see kin, folk

Words nearby kinfolk

kinetogenic, kinetograph, kinetoplast, kinetoscope, kinetosis, kinfolk, king, king bee, king charles spaniel, king clam, king closer

Example sentences from the Web for kinfolk

By 6:30 a.m., New Yorkers in sparkly spandex gathered at the entrance of Kinfolk 94 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The Drug-Free Breakfast Rave Is New York’s Latest Exercise Trend |Jessica Burdon |May 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I love you faithfully, and if you are still my good Rosalie I am ready to marry you here in the presence of my kinfolk.

The Memoires of Casanova, Complete |Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
I've heard my grandfather say that our kinfolk, who dwell far to the south beyond the big seawater, have the same custom.

The Magic Speech Flower |Melvin Hix
Sometimes it comes out in the society papers immediately after it has been made known to the kinfolk and intimate friends.

Social Life |Maud C. Cooke

Tell your kinfolk and families and friends and neighbors to make bands and hang together.

The Covered Wagon |Emerson Hough
His kinfolk hoped that some day he would be President of the Town Board.

Ade's Fables |George Ade

British Dictionary definitions for kinfolk

kinfolk

/ (ˈkɪnˌfəʊk) /

pl n

mainly US and Canadian another word for kinsfolk