kith and kinとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

kith and kin pl (plural only)

1. Both friends and family.
   • 1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […]), chapter I (Mr. Sherlock Holmes), page 2:

     I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air—or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be.

   • 1916, Baroness Orczy, Leatherface: A Tale of Old Flanders‎:

     Surely all those abominable rebels must see that their obstinacy and treachery redounds upon their own kith and kin.

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