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kissing cousins

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kissing cousins
relatives who know one another well enough to kiss when they meet. Joe and I are kissing cousins, though we ain't seen one another since we was kids. Technically, we're second cousins once removed, but I just say we're kissing cousins.
See also: cousin, kiss


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Indeed, in America religion and politics have become kissing cousins, and many worry that the constitutional barrier separating church and state could soon--like the walls of Jericho--come tumbling down.
Should we be concerned that, as the Times review quoted above suggests, "buying and selling" and "lying and cheating" are often seen as kissing cousins, if not actually married?
 
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