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Scotch sister

noun

Definitions

  1. A distant relation

    A distant relation; possibly a cousin.

    • [S]he had heard of the probability of her having a sister—(she called her a sister, but whether it was a Scotch sister, or a sister à la mode de Brétagne, would have puzzled most people)[.]

The neighborhood

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