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cousins

/ˈkʌz(ə)ns/ noun A2
  1. The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective). (slang)
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You two, my cousins, and you only, may.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 24 · C1
“He’s been visiting his cousins over in New Brunswick all summer and he only came home Saturday night.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 110 · C1
And her cousins are coming over from Newbridge in a big pung sleigh to go to the Debating Club concert at the hall tomorrow night.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 144 · C1
Then Diana’s cousins, the Murrays from Newbridge, came; they all crowded into the big pung sleigh, among straw and furry robes.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 149 · C1

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