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inside

/ˈɪnsaɪd/ noun B2
  1. The interior or inner part. · The inside of the building has been extensively restored.
  2. The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right. · On a motorway, you should never pass another vehicle on the inside.
  3. The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference. · The car in front drifted wide on the bend, so I darted up the inside to take the lead.
  4. The interior organs of the body, especially the guts. (colloquial) · Eating that stuff will damage your insides.
  5. The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people. (slang)

Plural insides

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He could have carried it inside his overcoat without difficulty.”
The Valley of Fear, p. 75 · C1
Ames, I understand that you have often seen this very unusual mark—a branded triangle inside a circle—upon Mr.
The Valley of Fear, p. 44 · C1
What we have to determine is, whether it was done by someone outside or inside the house.”
The Valley of Fear, p. 41 · C1
We will suppose first that some person or persons inside the house did the crime.
The Valley of Fear, p. 41 · C1

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