An American term for your relatives — the whole extended web of family, blood relations, and sometimes people who've just been around so long they count as family. It's warm and informal, carrying a down-home quality that 'relatives' simply doesn't. Common in Southern US speech and rural communities, it brings to mind front-porch reunions, family BBQs, and big holiday tables. Also used affectionately among close friend groups who consider themselves family.
Half the town showed up to the funeral — when you're from a small place, kinfolk are everywhere.
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(US) Relatives, relations.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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