kith and kine

Meaning

Noun

  • Relatives and property; one's total possessions.
  • Misspelling of kith and kin

Origin

  • Literally, friends (“kith”) and cattle (“kine”). Compare Latinate capital and chattel, which also use “cow” to mean “property”,

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