Definition of "cold shoulder" [cold shoulder]

• Informal Deliberate coldness or disregard; a slight or a snub: received the cold shoulder from several members of the club. (noun)

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• "Miss M. Lillie gave me the cold shoulder & I began to think that Miss Ida's prediction had come true viz — that she was a great flirt."