cheek-by-jowl

English

Adjective

cheek-by-jowl (comparative more cheek-by-jowl, superlative most cheek-by-jowl)

1. Alternative form of cheek by jowl
   • 1991, Robert C. Linthicum, City of God, City of Satan, page 64:

     As we drove at breakneck speed through the streets, I could not help but be overwhelmed by the gaunt and desperate faces of the people, the endless squatter settlements of cheek-by-jowl, single-room shacks surrounded by ankle-deep mud, and the occasional glimpses of the rich apparently oblivious to the suffering around them.

   • 1999, Werner R. Loewenstein, The Touchstone of Life, page 250:

     The cells here take advantage of the cheek-by-jowl situations prevailing in tissues and make their Circus connections right at the points of contact.

   • 2013, Daniel Gray, Stramash!: Tackling Scotland's Towns and Teams, page 68:

     Notorious among these was the 'Slap-Up', a cheek-by-jowl community of 2,000 people sited to the west of town.

Adverb

cheek-by-jowl (comparative more cheek-by-jowl, superlative most cheek-by-jowl)

1. Alternative form of cheek by jowl
   • 1995, Brian M. Fagan, Snapshots of the Past, page 64:

     El-Amarna's crowded houses were separated not by wide streets, but by narrow, winding alleyways through piles of domestic garbage, in urban communities where everyone lived cheek-by-jowl.

   • 1998, Henry Moore, David Mitchinson, Celebrating Moore, page 161:

     Allusions to primitive art, whether directly drawn from reference works or freely improvised in the artist's own dainty scenarios) nestle cheek-by-jowl with automatic doodles which in turn lead into approximations of highly abstract compositions.

   • 2004, Howard Schwartz, Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism, page xxxv:

     Obscure manuscripts and well-known texts reside cheek-by-jowl; so too, polished literary works and oral narratives.

   • 2012, Darrell Schweitzer, Discovering H.P. Lovecraft, page 9:

     In "The Dunwich Horror" the other-dimensional creatures are thwarted by the proper incantations, while witchcraft and the new Einsteinian universe appear cheek-by-jowl in "Dreams in the Witch House."

   • 2022 November 2, Nick Brodrick, “Network News: 'Scotsman' the star attraction for KX's 170th birthday”, in RAIL, number 969, page 20, photo caption:

     LNER express trains old and new stand cheek-by-jowl at King's Cross during the evening rush hour on October 14.