kinfolk
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kinfolk (ˈkɪnˌfəʊk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —pl n | |
| chiefly (US), (Canadian) another word for kinsfolk | |
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Kinfolk
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example sentences
These kinfolk don't take kindly to strangers, and they're even less trusting of authority figures.
For that matter a great pizza and great pasta are kinfolk.
Over time her longings endowed us with whole generations of kinfolk.
If you were in power, you would grow rich and your kinfolk would get more jobs in the civil service.
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