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Definition of Skeleton in the closet
1. Noun. A scandal that is kept secret. "There must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"
Definition of Skeleton in the closet
1. Noun. A shameful secret. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skeleton In The Closet
Literary usage of Skeleton in the closet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Underground: Or, Life Below the Surface. Incidents and Accidents Beyond the by Thomas Wallace Knox (1876)
"THE skeleton in the closet. — ROSE-STREWN ROADS TO RUIN. FOR mere recreation and
pleasure the foreign watering- places have great advantages over those at ..."
2. Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (1888)
"His " Skeleton in the Closet " also well known, was contributed to the " Galaxy "
in 1866. He has been associated in several literary combinations, ..."
3. The Underground World: A Mirror of Life Below the Surface, with Vivid by Thomas Wallace Knox (1877)
"A HUNGARIAN HANGING HIMSELF FOR A WARNING. — ECCENTRICITIES OF CROUPIERS. — A
CALM-BLOODED HOLLANDER. — THB skeleton in the closet. ..."
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