"forty-second cousin" meaning in All languages combined

See forty-second cousin on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: forty-second cousins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} forty-second cousin (plural forty-second cousins)
  1. (humorous) Any very distant relative. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-forty-second_cousin-en-noun-8VKP5pyb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1879, Mark Twain, The Great Revolution in Pitcairn",
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          "ref": "1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 7”, in Emily of New Moon",
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          "ref": "2019, Sue Lawrence, Down to the Sea",
          "text": "So Jessie's my second cousin once removed or forty-second cousin or something. Anyway, we're kind-of related.",
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        "(humorous) Any very distant relative."
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