on the Q.T.
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"Putting on all they can on the Q.T.," was the response.
From Malcolm Sage, Detective by Jenkins, Herbert George
He's tired of skulking and wants me to sell that house his mother left him, strictly on the Q.T.
From The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
Now we aren't bullies, and perhaps, had you comforted your friend on the Q.T., and been copped doing so, we'd have let you off.
From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest
Will you be so kind as to impress him with the fact that this expedition is on the Q.T.?
From A Splendid Hazard by MacGrath, Harold
I'll admit it was all right at first to run the thing on the Q.T., but that's pretty well busted up by now.
From The Zeppelin's Passenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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