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first cousin
noun
1.
cousin ( def 1 ).
2.
anything or anyone closely related to or resembling another: The film producer tried not to make the movie a first cousin to his last hit.
Origin:
1965–70
1965–70
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first cousin
A close relation or resemblance to someone or something, as in This new machine is a first cousin to the previous model. The figurative use of cousin, which literally means "the child of one's aunt or uncle," dates from the 1300s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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first cousin
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example sentences
One of the new board members was the respondent's first cousin.
It is sweetish and gloppy and a first cousin of dog food.
Parody would be a first cousin, a satire on an actual work of art.
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