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Skeleton in one's closet

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  1. 1
    Alternative form of skeleton in the closet. alt-of, alternative

    "Could K⁠—⁠— have seen the fruits of that ‘sherry cobbler,’ that one drink, he might better have given me a potion of strychnine in its stead. I am an embodiment of the fruits of that one drink. The bottle has been the skeleton in my closet ever since."

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