Citations:out of the side of one's mouth

English citations of out of the side of one's mouth

1. • 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 2,

     Out of one of the drawers he lifted a finely woven broadcloth shirt, carefully cut, and very pink.

     "What's that thing?"

     "This is a tablecloth," he said out of the side of his mouth.