cater cousins

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Good friends. He and I are not cater cousins, i.e. we are not even cousins in the fourth degree, or four times removed; that is, we have not the least friendly connexion.

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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose