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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—K

Kidney

Men of another kidney or of the same kidney. The reins or kidneys were even by the Jews supposed to be the seat of the affections.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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