kith
noun/kɪθ/
/kɪθ/
Word OriginOld English cȳthth, of Germanic origin; related to couth. The original senses were ‘knowledge’, ‘ native land’, and ‘friends and neighbours’. The phrase kith and kin originally denoted one's country and relatives; later one's friends and relatives.
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See kith in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarykith and kin
- (old-fashioned) friends and relativesMore Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms
- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spick and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
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