Under the counter
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| - | # Illicitly, against regulations, of goods kept under the serving counter in a shop to be unobtrusively passed to a customer who knows they are available for surreptitious sale (e.g. pornographic magazines in a newsagent). | + | '''Under the counter''' means [[illicit]]ly, against regulations, of [[goods]] kept under the serving counter in a shop to be unobtrusively passed to a customer who knows they are available for surreptitious sale. In French this is called "sous le manteau", which means "under the cloak". |
| - | #* '''1969''' [[The Seven Minutes]]: A Novel by [[Irving Wallace]] | + | |
| - | #*: Oh, yeah, I remember, you mean about me not trying to sell from '''under the counter'''? | + | |
| - | #* '''2004,''' [[James Carlos Blake]], ''[[Under the Skin]]'' | + | |
| - | #*: When Prohibition became the law, they produced the stuff in greater quantity and sold it '''under the counter''' to anybody who wanted it. | + | |
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| - | Under-the-counter means transacted, given, or sold [[illicit]]ly. In French this is called "[[sous le manteau]]". | + | |
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| *[[Clandestine]] | *[[Clandestine]] | ||
| *[[Over-the-counter]] | *[[Over-the-counter]] | ||
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Under the counter means illicitly, against regulations, of goods kept under the serving counter in a shop to be unobtrusively passed to a customer who knows they are available for surreptitious sale. In French this is called "sous le manteau", which means "under the cloak".
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