kinfolk
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. relatives or kindred.
Origin of kinfolk
1- Also kin·folks, kins·folk [kinz-fohk] /ˈkɪnzˌfoʊk/ .
Words Nearby kinfolk
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How to use kinfolk in a sentence
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThey had no neighbours and their few stray kinfolk lived at remote distances and were not given to visits or communications.
Robin | Frances Hodgson BurnettHe and his black-a-vised kinfolk had little to do with the villagers, and the village had even less to do with them.
Masters of the Guild | L. LampreyNow he had settled his affairs and come in the guise of a pilgrim to spend the Christmas season with his kinfolk in England.
Masters of the Guild | L. LampreyHungary was forced to risk its ethnic kinfolk in Serbia's Vojvodina region.
After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
Anyhow he didn't have any kinfolk in this country, so it don't much matter.
News Writing | M. Lyle Spencer
British Dictionary definitions for kinfolk
/ (ˈkɪnˌfəʊk) /
mainly US and Canadian another word for kinsfolk
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