barnyard relation n Also barnyard cousin Cf backyard cousin n
A distant relative.
1967 DARE FW Addit WA, Barnyard relation—same as shirttail relation; swOR, Barnyard relation . . seventy-second cousin, or so. 2000 in 2014 DARE File—Internet MO, A “Barnyard Cousin”, knew him well, said he thought his first name was Clarence.