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- noun Plural form of
cater-cousin .
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Examples
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He was humble enough to desire my assistance on this occasion, though he and I were never cater-cousins; and I gave him to understand that I would make application to my friend Mr. Wilkes, who, perhaps, by his interest with Dr. Hay and Mr. Elliot, might be able to procure the discharge of his lacquey.
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His master and he, saving your worships reverence, are scarce cater-cousins, 40
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He was humble enough to desire my assistance on this occasion, though he and I were never cater-cousins; and I gave him to understand that I would make application to my friend Mr. Wilkes, who, perhaps, by his interest with Dr. Hay and Mr. Elliot, might be able to procure the discharge of his lacquey.
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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"Concern not yourself about Cicely, kinsman," said Giles Gosling, "but e'en let her go her way, a 'God's name; for although your mother were her father's sister, yet that shall not make you and her cater-cousins."
Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801
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He was humble enough to desire my assistance on this occasion, though he and I were never cater-cousins; and I gave him to understand that I would make application to my friend Mr. Wilkes, who, perhaps, by his interest with Dr. Hay and Mr. Elliot, might be able to procure the discharge of his lacquey.
Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 James Boswell 1767
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He was humble enough to desire my assistance on this occasion, though he and I were never cater-cousins; and I gave him to understand that I would make application to my friend Mr. Wilkes, who, perhaps, by his interest with Dr. Hay and Mr. Elliot, might be able to procure the discharge of his lacquey.
Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood James Boswell 1767
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His mother was an arch-deacon's daughter; as honest a woman as ever broke bread: she and I have been cater-cousins in our youth; we have tumbled together between a pair of sheets, i'faith.
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 John Dryden 1665
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His master and he, saving your worship's reverence, are scarce cater-cousins --
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His master and he, saving your worship’s reverence, are scarce cater-cousins —
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Gosling, “but e’en let her go her way, a’ God’s name; for although your mother were her father’s sister, yet that shall not make you and her cater-cousins.”
Kenilworth 2004
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