cheek to jowl

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative form of cheek by jowl.

   • These beach side developments continued for miles and—as we entered the city—were replaced by large hotels, sitting cheek to jowl, just across the highway from the beach which fronted on the gulf.
   • For instance, after Steed says she and a Russian spy will be working “cheek to jowl,” Mrs. Peel, with a twinkle in her eye, responds that “his cheek will come nowhere near my jowl.”

The neighborhood