English
Alternative spellings
cheek-by-jowl
Idiom
cheek by jowl
- idiom In close proximity.
#:All sorts of people lived cheek by jowl in the old city.
Synonyms
cheek by cheek
References
Poultry farmers counter that the last avian flu to cross species (the Spanish flu out-break of 1918) did so in an era where factory farms didn't exist and poultry lived cheek-by-jowl with people. - The turkey trade, The Week, Issue 601, page 13.
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