Meaning of conspicuous by one's absence | Babel Free

Definitions

Raising suspicions by the fact of not being present at an expected place.

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Examples

“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 running; […]”

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