Hatfield
Appalachian feud family
Hatfield is a surname and place name, most famously associated with the Hatfield-McCoy feud—a violent conflict between two Appalachian families along the West Virginia-Kentucky border in the late 1800s.
The feud has become shorthand for any bitter, prolonged rivalry between groups: Those two departments have a real Hatfield-McCoy thing going on.
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- vendettaProlonged retaliatory conflict
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- bloodshedKilling and wounding
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
enmity · revenge · Appalachia · Kentucky · West Virginia · clan warfare · generational · hillbilly
English county, home counties
- EnglandLargest British country
- LondonEngland's capital city
- commuterOne who travels regularly
- suburbOutlying residential district
new town · post-war · aviation · aircraft · railway station · settlement · Jacobean · Cecil
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- familyRelated people together
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
bloodline · ancestry · Appalachian · patronymic · American · kinship · descendants · forebears
McCoy
The genuine article
- vendettaProlonged retaliatory conflict
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- bloodshedKilling and wounding
grudge · enmity · revenge · Appalachia · Kentucky · West Virginia · clan warfare · generational · hillbilly · moonshine
Hertfordshire
English county, home counties
suburb · new town · post-war · aviation · aircraft · railway station · settlement · Jacobean · Cecil · stately home
McCoy
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clan · bloodline · ancestry · Appalachian · patronymic · American · kinship · descendants · forebears · heritage
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