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kin⋅folk

[kin-fohk]
–plural noun Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
relatives or kindred.
Also, kinfolks, kinsfolk.


Origin:
1425–75; late ME kinnes-folk; see kin, folk
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kin·folk   (kĭn'fōk')   
pl.n.  Relatives; kindred.
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