All 3 Uses of
kindred
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- Ralph Nickleby, who was proof against all appeals of blood and kindred—who was steeled against every tale of sorrow and distress—staggered while he looked, and went back into his house, as a man who had seen a spirit from some world beyond the grave.†
Chpt 19 *
- Your kindred renounce you, for they know no shame but the ties of blood which bind them in name with you.†
Chpt 33
- Naturally as this was said, it was not said so naturally but that a kindred spirit like old Arthur Gride might have discerned a design upon the part of Ralph to lead him on to much more explicit statements and explanations than he would have volunteered, or that Ralph could in all likelihood have obtained by any other means.†
Chpt 47
Definition:
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(kindred) similar in quality or character
or:
closely related -- such as family or things with shared origin