cheek by jowl

Cultural  

1. Situated side by side or in close contact: “The commuters were packed in the subway cheek by jowl.”

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cheek by jowl Idioms  

1. Side by side, close together, as in In that crowded subway car we stood cheek by jowl, virtually holding one another up. This term dates from the 16th century, when it replaced cheek by cheek.

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Example Sentences

Cheek by jowl with Douglas in Palm Beach, Kennedy told the press that aid to depressed areas should be assigned "the most important domestic priority."

From Time Magazine Archive

Cheek by jowl in the church pews would sit Episcopalians and Jews of the only U. S. town named for the sacred Body of Christ.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cheek by jowl are Greek and Roman, Baroque and Gothic, a prince's palace and a peasant's pushcart.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cheek by jowl with the opposing roads was American Trucking Association, at whose business store-door service was squarely aimed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wi’ voulded arms thur let me lie, Cheek by jowl my dog and I!”

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard