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Citations:out of the side of one's mouth

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English citations of out of the side of one's mouth

    • 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 2,
      Out of one of the drawers he lifted a finely woven broadcloth shirt, carefully cut, and very pink.
      "What's that thing?"
      "This is a tablecloth," he said out of the side of his mouth.