conspicuous by one's absence
conspicuous by one's absence adjective: drawing attention by the fact of not being present at an expected place.
Adjective
conspicuous by one's absence
- Drawing attention by the fact of not being present at an expected place.
- Occasionally at a bush dance, when the elderly folk were conspicuous by their absence, the M.C. would throw a jazz-garter on the floor, point at some lucky fellow, and shout, 'You have ten seconds to find its mate. A packet of cigarettes if you do'.
The girls would squeal and giggle and start...1965, R. H. Conquest, Horses in the Kitchen: True Tales of Outback Australia, page 37
- Occasionally at a bush dance, when the elderly folk were conspicuous by their absence, the M.C. would throw a jazz-garter on the floor, point at some lucky fellow, and shout, 'You have ten seconds to find its mate. A packet of cigarettes if you do'.
Questions about conspicuous by one's absence
- What does conspicuous by one's absence mean?
- Conspicuous by one's absence means drawing attention by the fact of not being present at an expected place.
- What part of speech is conspicuous by one's absence?
- Conspicuous by one's absence is an adjective.
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