[f. prec.]
1. trans. To treat (a person) with deliberate and marked coldness or contemptuous neglect.
a. 1845. Hood, Drop of Gin, iii. [They] snub, neglect, cold-shoulder, and cut The ragged pauper, misfortune’s butt.
1871. Pall Mall Gaz., 6 March, 11/1. Men of good name belonging to good clubs who find themselves cold-shouldered there.
2. To treat (a subject) with coldness and contempt, to slight.
1872. Daily News, 18 March, 3/5. The War-office authorities are assiduously ‘cold shouldering’ the Easter Monday Review.
1885. Leeds Mercury, 14 Jan., 8/5. They need have no fear that the question would be cold-shouldered.
