“Sex is rearing its interesting head.”
Source: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 7 (p. 83)
“Once sex rears its ugly 'ead it's time to steer clear.”
‘Flowers for the Judge’ (1936) ch. 4.
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