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Noun: skeleton in the cupboard (skeletons in the cupboard)
  1. A scandal that is kept secret
    "there must be a skeleton in the cupboard somewhere in that family's closet"
    - skeleton, skeleton in the closet

Derived forms: skeletons in the cupboard

Type of: outrage, scandal

Encyclopedia: Skeleton in the cupboard

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