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Meanings of cryptic remark in English

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Usage of cryptic remark in English
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At this cryptic remark I looked bewildered but said nothing.
She and Allan
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Now, at last, Daisy Burton understands the butler's cryptic remark!
The End of Her Honeymoon
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This cryptic remark might mean that further enlightenment was to be sought in the enclosures.
The Window-Gazer
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With which cryptic remark he went for the coffee.
The Hunted Woman
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With which cryptic remark and not another word he passed on and entered his own room.
Bat Wing
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Allison paused, confused by his cryptic remark.
The abduction
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A cryptic remark, Matthew thought, that seemed to hold some meaning for the Indian, but was otherwise impenetrable.
Mister Slaughter
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Now he understood Len's cryptic remark about the Blues supplying more munitions to the fight than they would want.
Stonewielder
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She assumes that I know something she doesn't, and then she thinks the vague remark is actually a cryptic remark.
Blood rites
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My informant declined to vouchsafe any further particulars beyond the cryptic remark, "He's got something smart up his sleeve."
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klinge...
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Phone police." What the cryptic remark, "I am allowed only three a year," is supposed to mean is not explained.
Ghosts
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Nor was my trepidation allayed by the cryptic remark of Mrs. Judson as I passed her at her tasks in the pantry that morning:
Ruggles of Red Gap
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Across her memory there flashed Canning's cryptic remark, only the other night: "We'll show him something about giving away money some day."...
V. V.'s Eyes
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After his cryptic remarks earlier, I fully expected to have to wait.
Heaven's Queen
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After the first rehearsal made some cryptic remarks about the orchestra's deterioration, etc.
The new yorker
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What was the nature of this project that was hinted at in nods and cryptic remarks?
The Scar
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