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to one's own cheek

to one's own cheek prepositional phrase: for one's own private use.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (archaic, slang) For one's own private use.
    • […] and the immortal history of Adam, when Paradise was no better than this prairie, becos the old gentleman (I like to speak respectfully of my ancestors) had it all to his own cheek.1846, Peter Lund Simmonds, William Henry Giles Kingston, Simmonds Colonial Magazine and Foreign Miscellany, page 447
    • He's one of the richest commoners in Great Britain — give you my word, sir, he's got a princely fortune, all to his own cheek — and he lets his places and lives in chambers in Piccadilly, […]1891, Ada Cambridge, The Three Miss Kings: An Australian Story, page 126

Questions about to one's own cheek

What does to one's own cheek mean?
To one's own cheek means for one's own private use.
What part of speech is to one's own cheek?
To one's own cheek is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to one's own cheek in the dictionary

  1. to one's feet
  2. to one's heart's content
  3. to one's knowledge
  4. to one's mind
  5. to one's name
  6. to one's own cheek
  7. to one's rescue
  8. to one's way of thinking
  9. to oneself
  10. to order
  11. to overflowing

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