E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Cousin-german.
The children of brothers and sisters, first cousins; kinsfolk. (Latin, germa’nus, a brother, one of the same stock.)
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“There is three cozen-germans that has cozened all the hosts of Reading, of Maiden-head, of Colebrook, of horses and money.”—Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor, iv. 5.
