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Folk of kin.
kinfolk by RENEGATUS DOT COM October 20, 2003
blood relatives; usually used to describe members of one's extended and distant family.
I'm going to visit our kinfolk in the country.
kinfolk by Jerome October 18, 2003
Southern/hillbillie term for 'family.' Derived from kin (family) and folk (people, esp. common people).
"Kinfolk said, 'Jed move away from there.'" - The Ballad of Jed Clampett
kinfolk by zaphodchak October 16, 2003
An archaic word meaning "family". This is mostly unused in modern times, except for in certain backwoods regions of the nation (south of the Mason-Dixon line), where society has become stagnant and inbred.
I tol' you how many times Jimmy Dean, taint right to go fornicatin' wit' animals. Y'all s'posed to do that wit' yor kinfolk.
kinfolk by J W Fokker October 17, 2003
the people who share your name, but who you desperately refute as being related.
"that man over there yelling "cousin joe" at me isnt my kinfolk, hes just a weirdo off the street"
kinfolk by Lora M. October 18, 2003
The dating pool for people from the following states: Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Tennessee.
"There's a whole batch of kinfolk down at the church house. Let's go see what's doin'!"
kinfolk by The Velvet Hammer October 20, 2003