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forty-second cousins

forty-second cousins is the plural of forty-second cousin.

Meaning of forty-second cousin

Noun

forty-second cousin (plural forty-second cousins)

  1. (humorous) Any very distant relative.
    • And also my step-sister, my niece, my fourth cousin, my thirty-third cousin, my forty-second cousin, my great-aunt, my grandmother, my widowed sister-in-law-and next week she will be my wife.1879, Mark Twain, The Great Revolution in Pitcairn

Questions about forty-second cousins

What is forty-second cousins the plural of?
Forty-second cousins is the plural of forty-second cousin.

Words near forty-second cousins in the dictionary

  1. forty-one
  2. forty-oneth
  3. forty-rod
  4. forty-second
  5. forty-second cousin
  6. forty-second cousins
  7. forty-seconds
  8. forty-secondth
  9. forty-seven
  10. forty-seventh
  11. forty-sevenths

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