under the rose
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.77 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "‘If you become the purchaser of the East Lynne estate, Mr Carlyle, it must be under the rose.’"
- "We are organising (but this is quite under the rose as yet) a company for the production of furniture and decoration of all kinds, for the sale of which we are going to open an actual shop!"
- ""If ever you smoke, my dear aunt (and I am told that many women take a quiet weed under the rose), be very careful how you choose your cigars.""
- ""Strictly between ourselves," he said, in a half-whisper. "You know what things are in a little place like this. It doesn't do to talk about anybody. But I suppose most of your investigations about this gentleman who's missing are under the rose, eh?""