"present company excepted" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 54, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Everybody it appears, the present company excepted, has plotted against Mrs Snagsby’s peace.",
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          "ref": "1920 March – 1921 February, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter 26, in Indiscretions of Archie, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, publishers […], published 1921, →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"I say, Reggie, old thing—present company excepted—have there been any loonies in your family?\"",
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          "text": "Am I glad we finally got rid of all those Klingons—er, present company excepted, of course.",
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          "text": "Well, even Stanford guys aren't perfect (present company excepted, of course).",
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