"Zipper" Quotes from Famous Books
... (concealment) 528. man of few words. V. be silent &c adj.; keep silence, keep mum; hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw; not speak. &c 582; say nothing, keep one's counsel; seal the lips, close the lips, button the lips, zipper the lips, put a padlock on the lips, put a padlock on the mouth; put a bridle on one's tongue; bite one's tongue, keep one's tongue between one's teeth; make no sign, not let a word escape one; keep a secret &c ... — Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... pulled the zipper of his flight suit up the front of his long, thin body and came into the living room. His face, usually serious and quietly handsome, had an alive, excited look. And the faint lines around his dark, deep-set eyes were accentuated when he smiled at ... — Breakaway • Stanley Gimble |