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cheek-by-jowl en · ADJ
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of cheek by jowl.
As we drove at breakneck speed through the streets, I could not help but be overwhelmed by the gaunt and desperate faces of the people, the endless squatter settlements of cheek-by-jowl, single-room shacks surrounded by ankle-deep mud, and the occasional glimpses of the rich apparently oblivious to the suffering around them.
1991, Robert C. Linthicum, “Our City as the Abode of Satanic Principalities and Powers”, in City of God, City of Satan: A Biblical Theology of the Urban Church, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Publishing House, →ISBN, part I (The City: Battleground), page 64:Notorious among these was the 'Slap-Up', a cheek-by-jowl community of 2,000 people sited to the west of town.
2013, Daniel Gray, Stramash! Tackling Scotland's Towns and Teams, page 68:The cells here take advantage of the cheek-by-jowl situations prevailing in tissues and make their Circus connections right at the points of contact.
1999, Werner R. Loewenstein, The Touchstone of Life, page 250:
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cheek-by-jowl en · ADV
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of cheek by jowl.
Allusions to primitive art, whether directly drawn from reference works or freely improvised in the artist's own dainty scenarios) nestle cheek-by-jowl with automatic doodles which in turn lead into approximations of highly abstract compositions.
1998, Henry Moore, David Mitchinson, Celebrating Moore, page 161:LNER express trains old and new stand cheek-by-jowl at King's Cross during the evening rush hour on October 14.
2022 November 2, Nick Brodrick, “Network News: 'Scotsman' the star attraction for KX's 170th birthday”, in Rail, number 969, page 20, photo caption:El-Amarna's crowded houses were separated not by wide streets, but by narrow, winding alleyways through piles of domestic garbage, in urban communities where everyone lived cheek-by-jowl.
1995, Brian M. Fagan, Snapshots of the Past, page 64:Obscure manuscripts and well-known texts reside cheek-by-jowl; so too, polished literary works and oral narratives.
2004, Howard Schwartz, Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism, page xxxv:[H]e [David Free] had made his peace with the idea of spending half-term cheek-by-jowl on a cruise ship with the world's biggest Titanic enthusiasts.
2012 April 8, Helen Pidd, “The Titanic memorial cruise – ‘not a re-enactment’”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2022:In "The Dunwich Horror" the other-dimensional creatures are thwarted by the proper incantations, while witchcraft and the new Einsteinian universe appear cheek-by-jowl in "Dreams in the Witch House."
2012, Darrell Schweitzer, Discovering H.P. Lovecraft, page 9:
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