family skeleton
a closely guarded family secret
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How to use family skeleton in a sentence
Do I look like a man who owned such a thing as a clothes-press, much less so fashionable a thing as a family skeleton?
Hearts and Masks | Harold MacGrathFor the moment she had forgotten that she was probably on the way to reveal the Starkweather family skeleton!
The Girl from Sunset Ranch | Amy Bell MarloweIt was high time they scanned the top shelves of the closet occupied by the dancing family skeleton!
Otherwise Phyllis | Meredith Nicholson"I 'll not be elbowed out of the way and kept in the closet like a family skeleton any longer," he went on.
The Mayor of Warwick | Herbert M. HopkinsI am not asking you to expose a family skeleton—I'm demanding that you treat me as your attorney and trust to my discretion.
The Landloper | Holman Day
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