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 Herbert George Jenkins
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 Harold MacGrath
Then he went upstairs on the Q.T. and had a cup of coffee.
From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George
I’ve been after it on the Q.T., but the irate gentleman with the one lamp, who held me up on the survey, said that ‘if it was worth sellin’, by Godfrey, it was worth keepin’.’
From Lost Farm Camp by Harry Herbert Knibbs
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 E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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