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Meanings of nearest kin in English

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Usage of nearest kin in English
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Their nearest neighbors were far away, and their nearest kin were dead.
Wild Animals I Have Known
2
It is why many vampires feed on their nearest kin when they first rise.
Narcissus in Chains
3
It is the house of your nearest kin, and the fittest place for you.
The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story
4
The bulk of that wealth must go to the nearest kin,-soruns the law.
Lucretia — Volume 03
5
How sorely did she avenge this upon her nearest kin, who slew him after!
The Nibelungenlied
6
It was an age rife with treachery, and men trusted not even their nearest kin.
The Book of Tea
7
He must welcome me as his nearest kin, I am all but his cousin, after all.
The red queen
8
From what I have seen and learned of these folk, I think they are our nearest kin.
St. Cuthbert's
9
Pick up a pebble from a Massachusetts beach, and its nearest kin will now be in Africa.
A short history of nearly everything
10
George and I were her nearest kin.
The Rustlers of Pecos County
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You wouldn't shut out your nearest kin?
Farina
12
Imperial dragons are rare enough; but the Celestials are given only to the Emperors themselves, or their nearest kin.
His Majesty’s Dragon
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If I give to you the name of my nearest kin and the man I loved best-willthat do?
Freckles
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Only a handful of friends with Crocker's nearest kin and her inevitable New York aunts were to be present.
The Collectors: Being Cases mostly under the Ninth and Tenth Com...
15
His nearest kin were members of the three connected Valencian families of Borgia, Mila (or Mella), and Lanzol.
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Corresponden...
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She marched out into the yard, her heart roiling with anger at the unfeeling hardness of her own nearest kin.
Tuck
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