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Definition of Skeleton in the cupboard
1. Noun. A scandal that is kept secret. "There must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"
Definition of Skeleton in the cupboard
1. Noun. A shameful secret. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skeleton In The Cupboard
Literary usage of Skeleton in the cupboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London Lyrics by Frederick Locker-Lampson (1876)
"THE skeleton in the cupboard. The most forlorn—what worms we are ! Would wish to
finish this cigar Before departing. ..."
2. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, Harry Morgan Ayres, John William Cunliffe, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"... THE skeleton in the cupboard THE characters of great and small Come ready-made,
we can't bespeak one; Their sides are many, too — and all (Except ..."
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