cold-shoulder, v.
[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 G. 6 Mar. 11 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 Mar., The War-office authorities are assiduously ‘cold shouldering’ the Easter Monday Review. 1885 Leeds Mercury 14 Jan. 7 They need have no fear that the question would be coldshouldered. |