Wiktionary
present company excluded
phr. (alternative form of present company excepted English)
Usage examples of "present company excluded".
The fact that they never have to stand for election means that too many of the peers-present company excluded, of course-have .
Now they aped the Roman in all things and were, to Glam's thinking, little better than falsetto-voiced castratti like all those from Italia present company excluded, of course, he hastily added as he caught Casca thoughtfully eyeing his crotch.