cold shoulder
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nounDefinition of COLD SHOULDER
: intentionally cold or unsympathetic treatment <got the cold shoulder from an old friend>
— cold–shoulder transitive verb
See Examples of COLD SHOULDER
- <at the party the two former friends consciously gave each other the cold shoulder>
First Known Use of COLD SHOULDER
1816
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