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"I hit Bonavena so hard it jarred his kinfolks all the way back in Argentina."

From BBC Jun. 4, 2016

Murmured one radio engineer while Emmy and her "kinfolks" rattled the control-room windows: "She sure knows how to keep that program hopped up."

From Time Magazine Archive

But many other Cuban exiles, particularly those who had no close kinfolks among the prisoners, were bitterly opposed to the ransom negotiations.

From Time Magazine Archive

"A big house draws kinfolks like a horse draws nitflies," said Mother.

From Time Magazine Archive

“No, we ain’t. Now make haste, son. I don’t want no kinfolks or neighbor ladies seein’ what we done and buttin’ in with suggestions.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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