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Meanings of return the salutation in English

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Usage of return the salutation in English
1
Jack touched the brim of his cap but didn't return the salutation.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
2
He bowed with frigid politeness; but Lucien, woe-begone, haggard, and undone, forgot to return the salutation.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
3
How then can she return the salutation?
The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales
4
She smiled at them; but they did not return the salutation, and their actions made her more shy.
The Girl from Montana
5
Glory tried to laugh and to return the salutation over the noises of the people and the clangour of the bells.
The Christian: A Story
6
But the squire, ordinarily the most courteous of persons, and certainly one of the most talkative, did not return the salutation.
The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
7
Ludlow was too courteous not to return the salutation, and then all his senses were engrossed by the care of his ship.
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
8
The interpreter was not slow to return the salutation, as he looked up at the giant with surprise, not unmingled with awe.
The Giant of the North: Pokings Round the Pole
9
The Comte de Gondreville retired from the courtroom and as he did so he bowed to the four gentlemen, who did not return the salutation.
An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery)
10
She tucked the check into her purse and ambled out of the room after a supercilious nod to Alora, who failed to return the salutation.
Mary Louise Solves a Mystery
11
As it came along, the man drew up and nodded to Kenyon, who, although ordinarily the most polite of men, did not return the salutation.
A Woman Intervenes
12
Miss Panney returned the salutation, and stood for a moment in thought.
The Girl at Cobhurst
13
Occasionally a man nodded to them and the lads returned the salutation.
The Boy Allies at Verdun; Or, Saving France from the Enemy
14
The man returned the salutation with a slight inclination of his head.
The Mad King
15
Hilda and her mother smiled and returned the salutation in their quiet way.
Greifenstein
16
The Earl always returned the salutation by a quiet inclination of his head.
A Forgotten Hero / Not for Him
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