"Come on in, then," said Archie, rightly taking this peculiar phrase for a formal acceptance.

By the end of the story, we've learned the full meaning of this peculiar phrase - which has to do with a burial ground and the rituals of a lavish Victorian tea.

Barker (1947) commented "This pair of charters have certain peculiar phrases, especially the firmiter ... præsumat which takes the place of a form introduced by Si quis in most charters.

I need scarcely say to my readers that my companion Peterkin was in the habit of using very remarkable and peculiar phrases.

Sir George frowned, puzzled by the peculiar phrase, and the demon-jester thumped his knee a third time.

You use all sorts of peculiar phrases, then.

The RAF has its own peculiar phrase for the truth: we call it 'pukka gen'.

The peculiar phrase, forgotten as soon as she had put away her school Latin textbooks, made an idiosyncratic return.

And hadn't he used some peculiar phrase about God?

The suddenly husky tone of his voice as he uttered that peculiar phrase told the others exactly of whom he was speaking.