kinfolks

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kin·folk

(kĭn′fōk′) also kins·folk (kĭnz′-) or kin·folks (kĭn′fōks′)

pl.n.

Relatives; kindred.

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kinfolk

also kinsfolk or kinfolks

noun

One's relatives collectively:

family, kin, kindred.

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A gun cracked among the rocks to the right, and Negore heard the war-yell of all his tribe, and for an instant saw the rocks and bushes bristle alive with his kinfolk. Then he felt torn asunder by a burst of flame hot through his being, and as he fell he knew the sharp pangs of life as it wrenches at the flesh to be free.

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