Brief title of a romance satirizing those who had effected the Revolution of 1688 (see first quot.); hence gen. a secret or scandalous history.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] > something concealed, a secret > unfortunate secret (4) atalantis1709 Brief title of a romance satirizing those who had effected the Revolution of 1688 (see first quot.); hence gen. a secret or scandalous history. a skeleton in the closet1845 a skeleton in the closet, a skeleton in the cupboard, etc.: A secret source of shame or pain to a family or person. family skeleton1850 a discreditable or shameful fact that a family wishes to keep secret; also in extended use; cf. skeleton, n. 1b. skeleton1936 Hence used elliptically, without mention of a closet or cupboard. |
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