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 Keep it Dark.Keep One’s Own Counsel (To). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Keep One’s Countenance (To).
 
To refrain from laughing; to preserve one’s gravity.   1
 


 Keep it Dark.Keep One’s Own Counsel (To). 

 
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