Cold Shoulder
An intentional display of estrangement and neglect.
Dictionary definitions:
Cold [kould]
- Cold, chilly;
- Cold, unfriendly, unkind;
- Cold, indifferent, unmoved, impassive;
- Dead.
Shoulder ['ʃouldə]
- Shoulder, upper arm;
- Push / shove with shoulder.
- Edge, bearing ring, forehead, projection, prominence, step;
- Shoulder (on road) (and hard SHOULDER);
- Branch (of mountain range), slope;
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